Sometimes Grandparents Are Justified in Setting Ground Rules
Some times grandparents are justified in setting the ground rules they expect their grandchildren to follow, even when they have not been invited to do so.
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Learning to Ask for Help
How do you navigate challenges? Do you head out into the forest to slay the dragon alone? Or do you enlist the help and strategic counsel of other knights and soothsayers?
Read More »We Can’t Hide Things From Our Mothers
We cannot hide things from our mothers. They are like a detective assigned to only one case – us. We’re a puzzle and they know all the misshapen pieces. They know how they fit together.
Read More »The Real Fountain of Youth: Being a Grandparent
There is something thrilling about standing at opposite ends of a lifespan with your granddaughter: I, with so many years to reflect back on, and she, with her whole life ahead of her.
Read More »8 Tips for Dealing with Difficult Relatives During the Holidays
Holidays can be tough. Some people love them; some people dread them. It seems that one of the biggest challenges of the holidays is dealing with difficult relatives.
Read More »Wright on Time Book Review
This review was written by my nine-year old granddaughter, Juliet, a voracious reader who devours about four books a day. When she’s not reading, she rides horses, plays piano, creates art, and recently got her ears pierced.
Read More »Rethinking Stranger Danger
Here’s a guest post by Lenore Skenazy, host of Discovery/TLC International’s “World’s Worst Mom,” who claims that “stranger danger” is a harmful concept to preach.
Read More »A Tyrannical Mother-In-Law Tale—Indian Style
In Indian tradition an expectant mother delivers her baby at her mother’s or mother-in-law’s home. A post-partum mom describes her stay with her tyrannical mother-in-law.
Read More »10 Reasons Grandparents Get Mad at Grandkids
Moms, aside from you, no one loves your kids more than their grandparents. They just can’t get enough of their little blessings – spoiling and doting on them incessantly, right?
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