Breaking Our Addiction to Speedy Lifestyles
Stephanie Brown has identified an addiction that has taken hold of our culture–the desire for “speed” as the path to happiness. She gives us guidelines for slowing down.
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Three Ways to Be Happier at Home
Author Gretchen Rubin offers 3 ways to be happier at home: pay attention to your body, get control of your possessions and get to know yourself and what matters most.
Read More »Does Grandma Have the Right to Spoil?
The most proliferated grandma stereotype is that grandma’s job is to spoil her grandchildren. Moms really don’t appreciate grandmas who believe spoiling is their job.
Read More »Hands Free Mama: Letting Go of Distractions and Perfection
Rachel Macy Stafford had a disease, which she diagnosed herself: The Disease of Distraction. In Hands Free Mama, she shares the cost of that distraction and how to cure it.
Read More »What Is the Job of Grandmothers?
The advice of Downton Abbey’s Dowager Countess of Grantham (Maggie Smith): “It’s the job of grandmothers to interfere!” is so not true and counter-productive for today’s grandmas.
Read More »Long-Distance Grandmas Are Thankful for Technology Advances
Technology often gets a bad rap because it keeps people from personally engaging with each other. But there are times when technology is just what you need for communication.
Read More »Make an Adorable Pine Cone Turkey for Thanksgiving
My grandma friend Cindy volunteers in her granddaughter’s third grade classroom. This week she taught the class how to make pine cone turkeys for Thanksgiving.
Read More »Blunders Board Game Makes Learning Manners Fun
Grandparents play an important role in teaching grandchildren social skills, according to a recent study. How do we teach etiquette in a way that’s fun but not preachy?
Read More »Website Pairs Surrogate Grandparents With Parentless Parents
Christene wanted her daughter to have grandparents, so she started the website surrogategrandparenting.com, which matches parentless parents with surrogate grandparents.
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