Empower Your Grandchildren to Dream Big
The New Year is a perfect time to inspire your grandchildren to envision what they’d like to do in the coming year and write some goals in My Gratitude and Dream Journal.
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When to Speak Up and When to Bite Your Tongue
We’ve all heard the grandparent warning: keep your mouth shut and your wallet open as a prescription for preventing inter-generational conflicts. But Jerry Witkovsky, author of The Grandest Love: Inspiring the Grandparent-Grandchild Connection, strongly believes that we’re headed in the wrong direction, as families and as a society, if we embrace the notion that grandparents
Read More »What Not to Say to a Grieving Friend
It isn’t easy to know the right thing to say when talking to a grieving friend. Sometimes the less said the better because the person just wants to know you are there for her.
Read More »8 Reasons Why Grandmas Make Wonderful Friends
Here are just a few reasons why grandmas make wonderful friends: they give the best advice; they give you a shoulder to cry on; they have a lifetime of knowledge and experience to help you.
Read More »Grandpas Are Stepping Up to the Plate
Since women entered the workforce in legion numbers bringing income into their families, many of their men have taken on some of the responsibilities they were no longer able to carry.
Read More »How Do We Forgive Our Fathers?
Father’s Day can bring up a mixture of emotions. For those who didn’t get the fathers they wished for, it may be a day of forgiving their fathers for not living up to their expectations.
Read More »Are You Denied Access to Your Grandchildren?
Sadly, many grandparents are denied access to their grandchildren. Author Pat Hanson calls these heartbroken grandparents “Invisible Grandparents” and offers help to them in her book.
Read More »Boomer Grandparents Play Mom and Dad Part-time
Lesley Stahl reports on the growing role of “granny nannies” who are helping to raise their grandchildren, partly because childcare is expensive and grandparents really want to be there.
Read More »Grandparents Connect Kids to the Past
Grandparents connect the kids to the past, who they really are, where they have come from, and what’s inside. Kids then pick up the essence of who we are.
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