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The unprecedented cost of being a grandparent
做祖父母的成本前所未有地高

Sky-high property prices, inflation and a difficult jobs market have increased the need for young parents to ask for help
高企的房价、通货膨胀和严峻的就业市场,使得年轻父母更需要向他人寻求帮助。

It started with small things. A teething-ring or a sleep suit left lying around here and there in our otherwise spotless house. My wife and I were expecting our first grandchild and we began to gravitate to the baby aisles in supermarkets and drift into shops selling items for children. It was exciting and we enjoyed looking at things that we hadn’t since our children were very small.

一开始只是些小事。我们一向一尘不染的房子里,这里那里会被随手放下的牙胶或连体睡衣打破整洁。我和妻子正期待第一个孙辈的到来,开始情不自禁地往超市里的婴儿用品区走,也常走进卖儿童用品的商店。这种感觉很令人兴奋,我们也很享受重新去看那些自从自己孩子年幼时就不曾留意过的东西。

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