Grandparents as Statistics

Grandparents are fascinating and surprising, statistically speaking.

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* Becoming a grandparent is happening at a younger age.  43% became grandparents in their fifties, 37% in their forties.  The average age is 48.

* 10% of all grandparents have a tattoo.  Of what, they didn’t say.

* Grandparents are happenin’: 55% like to get there game on and play video games with their grandkids.

* The Internet is their playground: 75% are hanging around online, with 70% executing searches. Did you just get a gift from the grandparents?  Chances are the bought it online (63%) or saw your “like” on social media (45%).

The image of the bent-over wobbly grandparent needs a make-over.

* 43% of us are active either in a sport (!) or through exercise.  Take that whippersnapper!

This is what Sweet E’s granny looks like:

* We like to hang out with each other and do fun stuff.  We spend $100 billion on entertainment and $77 on travel.  EACH.  ~faint~

* The rarest of grandparents: bloggers!  6% are out there, talking about you.

* Rarer still?  Marathoners.  We (yes!  Me!) come in at 3%.

* Money Bags, thy name is grandparent.  Grandparents account for 75% of the wealth in the US.

* We spend it like we got it.  52 billion is spent on just our grandkids.  Sweet little buggers.

* We also like to spread the love to our children.  62% of us have helped our children with financial support in the last year.  Things like daycare (or watching those sweet babies when asked), household needs, education and healthcare.

* Speaking of lending a hand with childcare: a whopping 72% take care of our grandchildren on a regular basis., which translates to 92% of us have changed their diapers.

* How many of us are there?  Grandparents account for 1/3 of the population.  ONE THIRD!

* We like to hang out with each other and do fun stuff.  We spend $100 billion on entertainment and $77 on travel.  EACH.  ~faint~

* Hope you like a grandma cliche.  86% of grannies bake cookies for their grandkids and kids every year.

* We love our families.  Period.  46% (me included) wish we lived closer to the kiddos. 81% (this better be me, too) keep their grandkids for part of the summer.

* We’re entrepreneurs. 25% of us have started our own businesses.

* We’re frisky.  38% of us have sex twice a week.   ~cue eyerolls and OH, MOM! from your children~

What should be your takeaway?  Don’t underestimate the old folks in the room.  We got it going on…in more ways than one! 

Stats source: grandparents.com

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