The Grandparents' TV

My version of an ideal visit to the grandparents:

Grandparents play with the grandchildren. Cousins play with one another. Adults chit chat with one another. The key is human interaction.

Food can be takeaways or we can eat out. If the grandmother's cooking is desired and sought after, she can cook a fast one-dish meal or cook in advance and just warm up the food at dinnertime.

Everyone sits down to eat together at mealtime. There might be a need to split into two rounds if the family is big, but in my opinion, both the grandparents should be present at the table throughout. Because they are the ones we all specially make a trip to visit, aren't they?

After dinner, the grandparents are naturally tired by then, having played and laughed with the grandchildren just now. At this time, the TV is acceptable, for the elderly folks to sit down and relax. It is also acceptable for the grandchildren to watch TV now as they are keeping the grandparents company, watching a programme of the grandparents' choice. It might be boring or incomprehensible to the youngsters, which makes it all the more meaningful.

To put it blandly, I think it's a waste of time to be at the grandparents' place physically ONLY. When I see my sons go there and just watch TV or play on his own without cousins/grandparents, I wish so much we could be somewhere else.

Sigh.