The “grandboomer” generation loves being grandparents but some of them are chafing at the name that traditionally goes with the role. “Grandma,” says Bay Area author Adair Lara, conjures up images of “dentures in a glass.” In this morning’s Times and Trib, we talked with Lara and other folks about being 21st century grandparents. Very fun discussion — and now we’re eager to hear your take on Grandma 2.0. And here, to start you off, are comments from a couple of readers:

Wow! Your article sure hit the nail on the head. My wife and I did not want to be grandma and grandpa and conspired to come up with alternate names. Then the little guy was born and my wife, Fran , decided she could care less what he called her. Gulp, I started to sweat. Well, he couldn’t pronounce grandma and kept getting stuck, but eventually it morphed into Gagee (long a and e, sort of like Foggy.)
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