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Jan 15, 20234 min read
New Technology gives us a Self Driving Stroller If You Want To Spend As Much as We Boomers Spent on Our First Cars and After A Serious Look Arguably is Justified in 2023
When my father used to tell my brother and me that he bought a loaf of rye bread for a nickel, and we had to buy a loaf of rye bread for...
Apr 29, 20223 min read
Our Teenage Granddaughter’s Award Winning Poem Brought Back the Reality that Being a Teenager is Hard Anytime,Harder During A Global Pandemic & We Grandparents Can Make It Easier Now and in the Future
During the COVID-19 coronavirus lock down period in March and April, 2020, I interviewed our older grandchildren, two aged 13 and one...
Feb 5, 20226 min read
The Three Craft Toys That Grandparents Should Beware of Allowing Grandchildren To Play With At Their Homes
This Grandma has given many cooking and baking tips for grandparents doing so with grandchildren, including cleaning tips, covering...
Dec 18, 20215 min read
The Best Acknowledgments From Grandchildren When Grandparents Give Them Gifts and 2021 Ideas For Charitable Giving By Grandchildren
Eight years ago, January 27, 2013, I wrote a blog post about thank you notes from grandchildren which was then a topic on the Today Show...
Sep 2, 20208 min read
PART TWO of Learning Tips to Pass On and Incorporate With Your Grandchildren During Remote or Part Time Learning and Any Time
At this time of remote or part time learning, we are all concerned about how much our grandchildren are going to retain. I hope the two...
Aug 26, 20207 min read
PART ONE of Learning Tips to Pass Along and Incorporate With Your Grandchildren During Remote On Lin
At this time of remote or part time learning, we are all concerned about how much our grandchildren are going to retain. I hope the two...
Jun 10, 20205 min read
Grandma’s List of Five Best and Five Worst Toddler Toys and Gifts
After six grandchildren and many toddler gifts, this Grandma has listened to her daughters and daughter-in-law rave and complain about...
Dec 25, 20195 min read
The Three Best Tips on How to Introduce Our Grandchildren to Sesame Streets’ Breakthroughs, As Relevant Today As They Were Fifty Years Ago
Sesame Street is 50 years old! For us Boomer grandparents, that means that our children were the first to experience Sesame Street. The...
Oct 2, 20194 min read
The “Game Of Life” Has Changed Drastically Even For Our Early Elementary Grandchildren With More Choices Than We Boomer Grandparents Ever Imagined
The 50th Anniversary of “The Game Of Life” is considered the classic edition. The original game came out in 1960, when this Grandma was...
Sep 11, 20192 min read
A Spiritual Leader’s Recollected Life Lesson to Share with Grandchildren
The Catholic Priest gave this homily* at the funeral of a dear friend recently. As he spoke, I recalled that I had heard this life...
May 22, 20193 min read
Best Products and Tips New And Wonderful From the Mother of Her Third Child, Our Youngest Grandchild
This Grandma forgot the overwhelming joy a baby can bring to a family. After all, our youngest baby boy grandchild has brothers seven and...
May 2, 20193 min read
Petting Zoo Animals Can Transmit Highly Virulent Drug Resistant Bacteria to Children and Best Tips i
That petting zoo animals can transmit highly virulent drug resistant bacteria to children is not what this Grandma wanted to read on...
Feb 6, 20197 min read
How We Grandparents Can Share What Our Grandchildren Will Never Know Otherwise Part 1: Reading and Writing Cursive Is No Longer Taught to Our Grandchildren
When this Grandma was a child, I remember hearing about how some would mark their signature with an X because they could not read or...
Jan 31, 20193 min read
Five New Important Facts About Breast Milk That May Make Everyone A Believer Who Were Not Convinced
This Grandma has written several posts about breastfeeding over the years, most saying that it should be a choice, nor guilting or...
Jan 24, 20196 min read
The Best New Teethers and Pacifiers and New Study That Parents SHOULD Suck on Them To Clean Them
One of the worst parts of the baby using teethers or pacifiers is when they land on the floor and there is nothing handy but one’s mouth...
Apr 20, 20183 min read
Six Ways To Celebrate 2018 Earth Day and Earth Month With Grandchildren
On April 22 each year since 1970, we celebrate Earth Day, a day to appreciate and be aware of our environment and the Earth. Earth Day...
Mar 30, 20183 min read
Unique Modern Art Gifts For Baby and Older Grandchildren
We grandmas are always looking for unique gifts for our grandchildren and unique decor for their rooms. I have written about books on...
Mar 20, 20183 min read
Poop Should Not Be A Toy and We Grandparents Should Say Phooey to Poop Toys
The article, “Toy Fair is Flush with Poo-inspired Games and Trinkets,” in the Washington Post February 24, 2018, by Mark Lennihan, has...
Mar 2, 20183 min read
Put The Lion King on Your Radar Screen: The Large Screen, the Small Screen and On the Stage
“The Lion King” live stage musical is the most successful production of any work in any media in entertainment, and it deserves to be. ...
Dec 13, 20175 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...
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