{"id":42736,"date":"2025-01-31T17:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T16:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/?p=42736"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T12:48:12","slug":"gramnesia-when-grandparents-forget-the-reality-of-parenting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silvereco.org\/en\/gramnesia-when-grandparents-forget-the-reality-of-parenting\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGramnesia”: When grandparents forget the reality of parenting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Social networks are constantly inventing new terms to describe realities that are often shared. One of the latest, which is particularly popular with young parents, is the phenomenon of \u201cgramnesia\u201d. This expression, a contraction of the words \u201cgrandparent\u201d and \u201camnesia\u201d, refers to the apparent oblivion of some grandparents to the realities of raising a young child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Gramnesia: the origins of a viral term <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While the inventor of this word is not clearly identified, the concept has been circulating for several years on online forums. It was in June 2024 that American therapist and mother<\/strong> Allie McQuaid, known as @millennialmomtherapist<\/strong> on Instagram, popularized the term with a video that went viral. In it, she expresses surprise at how some grandparents seem to have forgotten the reality of parenting.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A post shared by Allie McQuaid | millennial motherhood (@millennialmomtherapist)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n