As our grandkids got older they weren't around anyway. They have their own lives as they should. We actually enjoy our time together more now. We keep in touch via Facebook and text messages mostly. We explained to the kids that we wanted to do this. They understood. Letting go of material things was the easiest part. Less to take care of. We gave some to family members, sold some, gave some to charity and threw out the rest. Very liberating! You can't take it with you anyway and we found out during the process that the kids and grandkids didn't want the stuff either!