La Petite Baleen Teaches Children Swimming and Life Lessons
Irene Madrid, co-founder of La Petite Baleen Swim Schools, believes that the pool is not only a place to learn to swim, it’s a classroom for learning life skills.
Read More »Start an Organizing Project With Your Grandchild
An organizing project can be a fun way to teach grandchildren valuable skills, including sorting, keeping like-with-like and one-in/one-out. Here are some suggestions.
Read More »The Power of Patience Leads to a Satisfying Life
M.J. Ryan’s book The Power of Patience is so readable and so quotable. Her key premise is that patience is a crucial factor in whether we have a satisfying life.
Read More »Creative Ways to Skype With Grandchildren
Connecting with grandchildren is a challenge for long-distance grandmothers. Combining old traditions and new technology helps bridge the miles.
Read More »Grandmas Are Busy, But Moms Are Busier
Grandmas and moms are both busy, but moms have more pressures than grandmas had when they were raising them. Grandmas, unlike most moms, still have time for themselves.
Read More »For the Love of Aimee
For the Love of Aimee is the story of a grandma who not only made a difference in her granddaughter’s life but made a difference in the lives of all children with special needs.
Read More »Do Maternal Grandmothers Really Have It Better?
Being the mother-in-law is the hot-button subject paternal grandmothers tend to dwell on. But do grandmothers on the maternal side really have it so much better?
Read More »Be a Hero – Donate Blood
January is National Blood Donor Month. But your blood donation is welcome any month! You don’t have to rescue someone from a burning building to be a hero.
Read More »4 Fun Books for 4 – 8 Year Olds
What’s more fun than reading a book to a child when you both love the book. On my last visit to my granddaughters I hit the jackpot with these four winners for 4-8 year olds.
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