I had our oldest granddaughter until she was 4 1/2 ys old. Her mother just couldn't get her life straightened out. We dearly enjoyed her, but yes, sometimes I was wanting to have more freedom. Then her mother married a nice young man who adopted our GD. When she left it was awful. For a while my husband and I had a terrible time dealing with it. She is now 27 yrs old and has a daughter of her own. (our Great GD.) But we still have that close bond even though there are 9 other grands to love also.