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We Boomers are Asking The Wrong Generation If They Want Our Possessions As We Downsize
We Boomers are downsizing, or so I hear in the news and media. Moreover, articles and advice columns about how our adult children do not...
Oct 17, 20184 min read


In This Reality Show World, Boomer Grandparents Have One Reprieve
The parents of our younger grandchildren watch “Big Brother.” We know. It seems to always be on when we visit. They tell us they like...
Sep 18, 20184 min read


As A Child of Holocaust Survivors, I Am Worried That History Is Repeating Itself
4 February 2017, West Point Cadets tour the Permanent Exhibition. As a child of Holocaust survivors, I feel that my unique background and...
Aug 15, 20186 min read


Giving You Easy Ways to Use Certain Classical Music Which Listened to in the Background For Twenty M
We Grandmas want to make things easy for our families and loved ones. When I read that research suggests that the soundtrack to your...
Jul 13, 20185 min read


It Is Worth Taking the Time To Opt Out For Privacy on Google, Email Accounts, Amazon, and Internet A
This Grandma watches the Today Show and Rossen Reports is a favorite segment. With the European Union cracking down on Facebook, and...
Jul 4, 20182 min read


Five Healthy Habits to Give Us Twelve to Fifteen Additional Years to Celebrate Milestones With Our Grandchildren and Only One Word To Remember
Since the birth of our first grandchild, Grandpa and I periodically converse about how old we are going to be when he graduates from high...
Jun 12, 20183 min read


Grateful for the Fathers In Our Lives This Father’s Day 2018 Seventy Years After the Holocaust
As I thought about this Father’s Day 2018, the year’s traumatic and potentially fatal health circumstances clearly highlighted thoughts...
May 30, 20184 min read


Why Boomers’ Lives May Depend On Paying attention To Oral Health and Periodontal Disease
Here is a short true-false quiz: (persistent is defined as two weeks or more) If you have persistent bad breath it may be a sign of...
May 16, 20183 min read


Be Aware and Beware of Little Known Adverse Consequences of DNA and Genetic Testing Before You Do Such and Before You Gift It to Loved Ones
“23 and Me” ads are all over the television. So many people gifted this ancestry and their health genetic testing or other companies’...
Apr 17, 20183 min read


Who Would Believe “Good Old Days” Would Be So Perfectly Described By a Thirty Four Year Old in Colla
Once our grandchildren began listening to pop music on the radio, and it was earlier than we realized, this Grandma convinced Grandpa...
Apr 3, 20183 min read


Teenagers are Like Two Year Old and We Must Remind the Parents of Our Grandchildren to Treat Them As Such
Oftentimes, in my twenty years as a family court judge, I found divorcing parents fighting over time with their teenagers. I was always...
Mar 25, 20183 min read


Why We Should We Stop Teaching Our Children and Grandchildren to Hug, Kiss, and Even Shake Hands Upo
Just this past week, Grandpa and I went to see a new doctor whose office was located inside a local hospital. The doctor’s nurse who...
Feb 27, 20185 min read


We Grandparents Are Role Models For Civics and Civility And Good Manners To Our Grandchildren And More
I grimace and shake my head every time I am stopped at a crosswalk and a person with earbuds staring at his or her phone walks into the...
Feb 20, 20185 min read


Surprise at the Continuing Misunderstanding Regarding Joint Custody and What Grandparents Should Know About How To Handle Disputes Between the Parents of Our Grandchildren
Grandparents should only take one side in disputes between the parents of our grandchildren–the side of the grandchildren. Parental...
Feb 13, 20188 min read


Have Fidget Spinners Quickly Gone the Way of Hula Hoops and Pet Rocks And Should They?
If you have a grandchild old enough to say the word, he or she has a fidget spinner in their hand. My son-in-law credits me with being...
Dec 26, 20173 min read


Six Tips To Remember for The Best Bargains For “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” 2018 and For Shopping
This Grandma has the life experience of remembering when “brick and mortar” stores controlled and is living through the change to...
Dec 13, 20175 min read


The Joys of Walking With Grandchildren Of Every Age and Activities and Memories of Sharing Along the Way
We grandparents know that walking is good for our health. See WebMD . Walking is also wonderful as an activity with the youngest of...
Nov 8, 20173 min read


Top Four Tips For Grandparents To Conquer Sibling Rivalry
A dear grandma friend complained that her two grandsons, ages nine and seven, constantly fight. Their parents separate them by sending...
Nov 3, 20174 min read


Interesting and Important Smelly Facts Regarding the Differences Between Men and Women
This Grandma remembers a story about a fire and a dear friend who was pregnant. She was sitting on the front porch with her husband and...
Oct 28, 20173 min read


Archives Must Reads For New Grandmas: Part I Grandma Lessons and Tips
A dear long friend, who is becoming a grandma for the first time, asked me to give her my must reads for new grandmas from my archives. I...
Oct 6, 20172 min read
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