1574 G. Fenton tr. J. Talpin Forme Christian Pollicie vi. vi. 295 The wife with her husband, ought to straine all their power..to helpe their grand parentes [Fr. pour aider au grand pere & mere], by whom both they and their fathers haue being in the worlde.

1633 J. Randal Noble Blastus 4 S. Paul brings downe the line: Grand-parents, parents, children, all good.

1741 S. Wright Relig. Knowl. of our End 29 She was especially dutiful to a grand-parent, whose peculiar charge she was.

1868 W. Whitman Poems 137 The white-haired Irish grand-parents.

1875 T. W. Higginson Young Folks' Hist. U.S. v. 31 Their grandparents had told them of a country far to the west.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 663/2 The reciprocal obligation of parents and children, husband and wife, grandparents and grandchildren, to contribute to each other's maintenance.

1963 B. T. Hunter Nat. Foods Cookbk. p. xv Many thoughtful people are..seeking out the good old flavors, textures and nutrients of the natural foods their grandparents enjoyed.

2011 Independent 12 Nov. (Mag.) 29/3 A hot summer's afternoon will see young people appear, as if by magic, at river pools where their parents and grandparents swam.

1894 Q. Illustrator 2 35 They are more often than not arrayed in the quaint attire of youngsters long since passed into great-grand-parenthood and gathered to their forefathers in weedy church-yards.]

1902 Dial 1 Dec. 407/2 Grandparenthood has always been held to be the most enviable of relationships, because it carries all the delights of having children with few or none of the responsibilities.

1955 Life 23 May 159/1 Parental disapproval [of a marriage] often lasts only until the first baby is born, at which time all objections dissolve in the glow of grandparenthood.

2005 Daily Tel. 30 Nov. 11/1 The move towards older parenthood and, in turn, older grandparenthood means that grandparents will be less able to help out in the future.

1961 Washington Post 1 July d10/4 The prospects of grandparenting those future generations of kittens is awesome!

1996 A. Kornhaber Contemp. Grandparenting v. 77 Negotiating a balance between a grandparent's need and desire to grandparent and the context of family relationships, cultural trends, life situation, and so on.

2017 I. BeBe It's Complicated 139 That was not the way he wanted to spend his retirement years. He had been there, done that,..didn't want to grandparent Vianne's child.

1974 JOH: Jrnl. Housing Dec. 531/2 Such designation may be filed for immediately by the already tenured professional (other than those selected and grandparented for the Board of Credentialing Trustees).

1982 Merger FBI & DEA: Joint Hearing before Subcomm. on Civil & Constit. Rights & Subcomm. on Crime of Comm. on Judiciary (U.S. House of Representatives, 97th Congr., 2nd Sess.) 18 Mr. Mullen... While there are [different] entrance requirements for DEA..[and] FBI,..we..[do] not require any hard choices..as far as..people who are on board and are functioning well. Mrs. Schroeder. You grandparent them in, is that what you mean?

1994 Financial Post (Toronto) (Nexis) 1 Jan. (Mag. section) 38 Changes to the tax system would have to be phased in and existing arrangements would have to be grandparented.

2005 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 6 Sept. Apart from the existing tenants who would be ‘grandparented’ into their current rentals, the new policy would effectively return to the market rental policy of the..1990s.

2010 Govt. Employee Relations Rep. (U.S. Bureau National Affairs) Oct. 1198/1 Ginsburg asked if..the contractors [were] to be ‘grandfathered or grandparented’ out of background checks.

1974 JOH: Jrnl. Housing Dec. 531/2 The grandparented professionals, who are recognized by peers on the basis of achievement and tenure qualifications, man the certification program.

1995 L. Poe in K. Gabel & D. Johnston Children of Incarcerated Parents xvi. 267 A school counselor spoke about social problems that grandparented children may have in school.

2008 A. Smith & L. Dannison in B. Hayslip & P. Kaminski Parenting Custodial Grandchild xv. 239 Grandparented children experience higher levels of behavioral and emotional problems when compared to children living with their biological parents.

2014 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 24 Dec. 11 While still needing to apply for a consent, farmers are guaranteed ‘grandparented’ access to the level..they were using at October 2008.

1964 Jrnl. Marriage & Family 26 202/2 They maintain clearly demarcated lines between parenting and grandparenting.

1974 JOH: Jrnl. Housing Dec. 531/2 As in most programs where certification or another form of recognition is granted to professionals, it is necessary and appropriate to allow exemptions under certain circumstances. This act or process is called ‘grandparenting’.

1989 A. Stoddard Living beautifully Together (1991) v. 207 Celebrate grandparenting by being involved.

2010 Church Times 17 Sept. 22/5 A son's or daughter's subsequent relationships bring new children into the equation, making grandparenting more diffuse and complex.