How to Keep a Grandparent's Memory Alive for Young Children, Even the Ones Who Never Met Them

You can help young children remember a grandparent who died by keeping that grandparent in ordinary days: a photo at their eye level, short stories told the same way every time, and the grandparent's name said out loud without a hush. Toddlers rarely keep their own early memories, so the stories you tell become what they know, and that works even for kids who never met them.