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Snapchat Taking Over Our Grandchildren’s World And Should We Be Worried About It Or Join By Buying Snap Spectacles for A Holiday Gift
Snapchat is a social media format that allows posts of pictures and photographs that can be enhanced by drawing on them and changing them...
Dec 29, 20164 min read
Just When “Mom” and “Dad” Lose Favor With One Generation They Gain A New Definition with Another In the Fast New World of Social Media
This Grandma tries hard to keep up with the fast moving Internet effect on our changing world. It is the 12th anniversary of Facebook,...
Dec 22, 20163 min read
If “PaPa” is Now the Favored Name for “Daddy” and ” MaMa” Is the favored Name for “Mommy” What Should We Boomer Grandparents Be Called
In the car, December 1, 2016, this Grandma heard a radio commentator say that the term “Dad” is out as it makes the father more distant...
Dec 15, 20162 min read
Home Remedies That Make Our Lives Easier — Part II –And How We Must Preserve Our Own Fam
In Part I of home remedies that make our grandchildren’s lives easier, I concentrated on Terry and Joe Graedon and their home remedies....
Dec 2, 20166 min read
The Ten Happiest Songs On Earth List Shows It Depends On Who is Choosing the Happiest Song
I watch the Today Show each weekday morning and when this Grandma saw there was a study done on the ten happiest songs on earth, it...
Nov 12, 20162 min read
Is For Profit “Day Care” in Boomer Grandparents’ Future And For Whose Benefit
This Grandma thinks about today and being “young old.” As GG (great-grandmother) at almost age 93 lives alone and is self sufficient,...
Sep 22, 20163 min read
“Young Old,” Wiser, Happier and More From Which Those Not As Fortunate in Years Can Learn
I never in a million years could imagine it could be. In younger years, I could not imagine reaching age 70. In younger years, I thought...
Sep 19, 20163 min read
When A Boomer Grandparent Becomes An Orphan
With tears in my own eyes, this Grandma just heard of the death, minutes ago, of a long (we never say old) dear friend’s mother. She was...
Sep 8, 20162 min read
The Texting Generation Versus the Telephone Generation, Both of Whom Are the Parents of Our Grandchildren, And Who Knows What the Future Communication Will Be
This Boomer Grandma has been contemplating lately, having lived almost 70 years, how technology and communication have changed and...
Sep 6, 20165 min read
Teeth and Dental Health Is In the News and the Best Good News is Less Dentist Drilling Is In All of Our Futures, Especially Grandchildren
One of this Grandma’s favorite gifts to buy the grandchildren is a new battery operated toothbrush. We adults know that we should...
Sep 1, 20166 min read
Grandparents’ Favoritism Is Real In Many Families and Its Consequences May Last Generations
Very often this Grandma is asked by grandparents if there is a difference between being the grandparents of a son’s children or a...
Aug 7, 20166 min read
The Right Way to Bribe Kids to Read” Is Wrong
One of this Grandma’s mantras is that each family is unique and there is no right way or one way to raise kids. The grandchildren will...
Jul 28, 20165 min read
Words We Use To Describe Ourselves and Others May Impact How Our Grandchildren Respect Those of Long
When I was in my 20’s, a slightly older friend rankled when this Grandma mentioned that I was getting together with “the girls.” She...
Jul 7, 20163 min read
What Does the Baby Deadline Test And Other “Resources” Mean to Those of Us Who Want to Be Grandparents
Knowledge is power in any area. So many of our thirty something and young forty something adult children are just now beginning to think...
May 6, 20163 min read
Five Reasons Why Boomers CAN Move “Old Old” Up to At Least Age Ninety
This Grandma listens to her elders. They have the wisdom and experience of long years. GG (Great Grandmother), my mother-in-law, now...
Apr 29, 20165 min read
Introduce Eaglets to Your Grandchildren Through Mr. President and The First Lady and a Live Video Stream from Washington, D.C
No, it is not Mr. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama we are talking about here. We are talking about two Bald Eagles...
Apr 21, 20162 min read
Despite the Science Behind “The Five Second Rule” As To Whether or Not To Eat Food Dropped Five Seconds Or Less, This Grandma Finds It Depends on Whether It is the First Child Or Not
The Today Show on March 29, 2016 recycled a story reported on in 2014 about a study done by Aston University that there may be some...
Apr 15, 20165 min read
Two Security Concerns For Us Grandmas and the Parents of Our Grandchildren That Can and Should Be Remedied Immediately With Amazon and Employers “Mining” Medical Data
The first security concern is the easiest to remedy. This Grandma has always suggested that the parents of the grandchildren create wish...
Mar 18, 20164 min read
Spirituality For Kids is For Parents and Grandparents Too
A dear long (we never say old) friend introduced me to Spirituality For Kids. Spirituality for Kids (SFK) is a 501(c)(3) educational...
Mar 15, 20163 min read
Sharing What Works In Life and Leadership From A National Leader to Share With Grandchildren
A dear friend sent me a list of twelve rules says that she called an “Inspirational Message.” She attributed these to General Colin...
Mar 8, 20165 min read
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