Grandparents play a key role in children’s lives; hear expert advice for how to be the best grandparent you can be.

Author and parenting expert, Dr Justin Coulson, told Laurel, Gary and Mark on 4BC Breakfast that the key to being the best grandparent was “having a positive, warm and gentle presence in the lives of your kids and grandkids”.

According to the parenting expert, “if you can help those kids feel seen and heard and valued, you become an absolute prime candidate for their favourite person in the world”.

But importantly, Dr Coulsin warned that “as grandparents we do have to recognise that they’re not our kids… and certainly not overstep some of those boundaries that really do matter to our own children”.

Press PLAY below to hear Dr Coulson’s tips on how to be a good grandparent

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