Grandmas and grandpas spoil their grandkids rotten all-year round so it's only fair that we celebrate them too. So happy National Grandparents Day, Sept. 13, to all the proud grandparents around the world!
To celebrate, The Huffington Post decided to give you a glimpse of what grandparenting looks like around the globe. What we learned while compiling these 18 beautiful photos is that the bond between child and grandparent transcends languages, cultures and creeds.
Scroll through the photos below to see some of the nanas and papas, abuelas and abuelos, yayas and pappous' and many, many more, all over the world.
As his grandfather, Phil Bonanno, looked on, Alejandro Miro, 7, tried out his new fishing pole at Houghton's Pond in Milton, Tuesday, June 24, 2014.
A grandfather leads a horse and his mounted grandson in the village of Kasyn some 35 kilometers outside Minsk on October 17, 2009.
An ethnic Pa-O girl stands beside her grandmother near Inle Lake. The "Pa-O" or "Taungthu," as they are known in Myanmar, are the second most numerous ethnic group in the Shan State, after the Shans themselves, and are estimated to number about 700,000.
Two-year-old Nel Szerszer and grandfather Christopher Szerszer cool themselves off at a fountain July 17, 2012 in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC.
Tyson Bier helps his grandfather Bill Bier tend to horses at the Calgary Stampede on July 10, 2011 in Calgary, Canada. The 10-day event featuring over one million visitors is Canada's largest annual rodeo and is billed as the "Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth".
Children with their grandfather, along the silk road in Gansu, China.
A Mongolian archer is dressed by his grandfather before a Naadam competition.
Logan Running, 9, a Cub Scout, gets a flag from his grandfather, George Masaitis, 71, as local scouts and members of the American Legion Post 150 lay American flags at the graves of veterans in honor of Memorial Day at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park on May 25, 2012 in North Hollywood.
A grandmother and granddaughter walk along an alley in Beijing on May 24, 2014.
A Xerente Brazilian Indian baby is carried on the back of her grandmother during a march to the Holy Fire lighting ceremony on June 13, 2012 as part of the Rio + 20 Environmental Summit in Jacarepagua.
A proud grandfather holds his grandson closely in a tender embrace in Canberra, Australia.
A boy chooses some sweets, with his mother and grandmother, in London's Hyde Park.
Zoe Hinkle, 3, relaxes with her father, Tom Hinkle, and grandmother, Barbara Hinkle, in Ocean City on July 22, 2011.
J D Manikhani, 66, with five of her grandchildren in Sri Lanka.
Vietnamese man Tran Van Doc, 77, bathes with the help of his grandson, Tran Quoc Xuong, 11, at the hamlet well in Dong Lam near Dai Quang, Quang Nam province.
An elderly man hugs his granddaughter in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
A young child with her grandfather plays in the snow outside the Forbidden City falls on February 20, 2015 in Beijing, China.
Kilian (left) and Anna build a snowman with their grandfather Manfred at the Fraueninsel island of the Chiemsee lake, southern Germany, Nov. 15, 2007.
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