Grandparents are an integral part of your child s life. Their presence influences your little one's life in many ways. Just as the parent-child bond is important for a child's cognitive social and interpersonal development so is the bond between the grandparent and child. As Dr Pawan Sonar child psychiatrist and counsellor Riddhivinayak hospital Mumbai explains It is always better that your child spends quality time with grandparents as opposed to the time spent at a cr che while you are away at work as this instils a sense of security and self-assurance in your child knowing that they are