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The Three Year Old Last Baby Grandchild: Is Three Worse than the Terrible Twos?
Our daughter recently complained about our three year old grandson, our youngest and last baby grandchild, saying three was worse than...
Apr 29, 20143 min read


This Boomer Grandma’s Freedom
Being a Boomer child in America, I have lived though decades of great change and opportunity that made the American dream possible. This...
Apr 20, 20143 min read


Learning tricks from Grandma
This Grandma taught her eldest child to read at two years old. Okay, for those of us who were teachers at one time, I taught her...
Feb 1, 20143 min read


Multigenerational Families Living Together Again
The New York Times, December 15, 2013, had a lead article on”Multigenerational Families Living Together Again. Here is what the author,...
Jan 31, 20143 min read


Pudding in the Bathtub is a Toddler Learning Experience
In the New York Times, December 23, 2013 was an article entitled, “To Smoosh Peas Is to Learn,” by Perri Klass, Md. He says: In a study...
Jan 18, 20144 min read


”Delivery Man” of the New Extended Family
At a cocktail party recently, the movie, “Delivery Man,” with Vince Vaughn, was the topic of discussion. The premise is that a man, in...
Dec 7, 20138 min read


Singing to the Womb
This Grandma just finished reading about the last issue of the moment, that pregnant women did not like people who thought they could...
Nov 20, 20132 min read


“Gray” Divorcees and Boomer Grandparents
In the New York Times, September 22, 2013, author Sam Roberts writes an article entitled, Divorce After 50 Grows More Common. He says:...
Nov 3, 20137 min read


WebMD Baby 101 App For I Phone and I Pod Touch
WebMD did a survey that shows new parents want more information to care for their babies so they created WebMD Baby 101, a free mobile...
Sep 15, 20132 min read


Bringing Grandma Happiness
This Grandma recently went to a conference where the leader’s speech was about happiness. She said entire fields of study have emerged...
Sep 11, 20132 min read


Grandma’s View on “Opting-Out” and Returning to the Workforce
Ten years ago, Lisa Belkin, an author for the New York Times, wrote an article on the “opt-out revolution” about the women who left their...
Sep 3, 20133 min read


The Grandpa Difference and the Grandma Benefit
Grandpa and I are visiting our youngest grandchildren and watching them so their parents can have a weekend alone. It just so happens...
Jul 5, 20132 min read


Boomer Grandmas–How We are a Force to be Reckoned With
77 million people were born between 1946 and 1964, which is defined as the baby boomer era (U.S. Census). The first baby boomer turned...
Jun 12, 20133 min read


In the Bag for Father’s Day
Every year fathers get lots of things they do not need. Something that is always useful is a new duffle or suitcase. Here are this...
Jun 8, 20131 min read


Looking Back, Moving our grandchildren’s Lives Forward: “If I had My Child to Raise Over Again” and
When, as a Grandma, I look back on my parenting years, I remember that raising and nurturing children was PART of my life. I also had a...
May 29, 20134 min read


Homeland Security Assessing Schools
Newtown, Ct. is close to where our Connecticut grandchildren live. Visiting our grandchildren, this Grandma went to a school meeting...
May 6, 20131 min read


Bingo! Be Traditional or Go to The Three Best Multigenerational iPad Bingo Apps
Bingo has become our indoor multigenerational family game. No, really. We are going to the Disney Vero Beach Resort for a...
Apr 17, 20136 min read


Grandma and the Family Medical Leave Act
The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) celebrates its twentieth year in existence this year and was meant to be a first step toward a...
Mar 25, 20134 min read


Grandmas and Stress: Good News for Us Boomers
Good news for us Boomer Grandmas! In an article by Melissa Dahl, NBC News, “ Millenials Are the Most Stressed Out Generation, A new...
Mar 17, 20134 min read


Grandma’s Guidelines to Facilitate “A Truce in the Bragging Wars”
Until I read Bruce Feiler’s column, “This Life,” in the Sunday New York Times, February 3, 2013, I did not know there were bragging wars...
Mar 14, 20134 min read
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