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XII:<\/strong> Never forget that one of the the greatest joys you can experience is to become a fully engaged grandparent.<\/p>\n

The second phase of \u00a0parenthood is to mitigate the inexperience of even the best well meaning parent your child may become.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t drop the grandparent ball! If you do you\u2019ll have missed the single best chance for contentment this life offers.<\/p>\n

(Thus Endeth My Twelve Commandments)<\/p>\n

To book Frank Schaeffer to speak at your college, church or group\u00a0contact\u00a0him at<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Frankschaeffer.com\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Frank Schaeffer<\/a>\u00a0is a writer and author of\u00a0<\/em>Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back .<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"