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”Ripeness is Cool” and Not Only For Movie Stars
The New York Times, Sunday, May 3, 2015, had a picture of action heroes with a flying AARP card and an open bottle of Lipitor with pills...
May 30, 20152 min read
If Xylitol is So Great for Our Grandchildren’s Strep and Ear Infections, Why Haven’t Their Pediatricians Recommended It
This Grandma just went for her quarterly teeth cleaning. In the treatment room was a new large box of individually wrapped sugar free...
May 16, 20157 min read
Hand-Me-Downs of Grandma’s Clothing Purchases Is Surprisingly Not Working With Jeans
The four year old grandson looked so adorable at his birthday party wearing jeans. The jeans were bought by this Grandma for the first...
Apr 29, 20152 min read
Not On Grandma’s Watch: Dangers For Our Grandchildren We Do Not Think Of Inside and Outside of Our Homes
There is such joy when we spend time with our grandchildren, but, when this Grandma has “responsible” time, I am more vigilant than I was...
Apr 20, 20153 min read
Grandma Uses Aromatherapy to Combat a Sugar Rush
This Grandma finally has a Twitter account she looks at. When Twitter was new, the oldest grandson discovered it so I had him create an...
Apr 14, 20153 min read
Making Your House the Gathering Place For Family and Their Friends
The holidays are here and soon we are inundated with our children and grandchildren. Talking with a long (we never say old) friend, we...
Apr 8, 20152 min read
Study on Time With Children Allows Parents and Grandmas to Be Free of Guilt
Watching the Today Show on NBC, March 30, 2015, this Grandma’s attention was drawn to a segment on a new study that the amount of time...
Apr 2, 20153 min read
Any Grandparent Will Have A Heavy Heart After Watching This Short Documentary About A Conversation Some Parents Must Have With Their Children, but All Parents Should
The New York Times on line, March 17, 2015, has a link to a video that is a “must watch” for all of us, not only grandmas among us. As...
Mar 27, 20152 min read
The Millennials Could Learn the Top Four Beauty Products From This Grandma To Keep Them Looking Young and Fabulous
This Grandma just could not understand Sephora and Ulta. My youngest daughter, in her late thirties, loves Ulta. She asks for gift cards...
Mar 25, 20155 min read
Favored Dogs Versus Favored Cats As Pets for Grandchildren When Both Require Commitment or Do They
The Westminster Kennel Club show in New York this year ended with the beagle winning Best in Show. This Grandma is not a dog lover but...
Mar 19, 20155 min read
A Random Act of Kindness
A great community leader just died at age 96. She was a dancer, ran a dance studio in the north, retired to Florida and worked her entire...
Mar 3, 20153 min read
There is Now Proof that Our Children and Grandchildren Will Survive Parenting “Mistakes”
This Grandma likes to assuage all new parents’ fears and concerns. New parents worry about everything. I like to say, “There is no right...
Feb 18, 20153 min read
Protecting Our Granddaughters From the Ills of Sugary Drinks
This Grandma is one who never says no to grandchildren except in times of safety. Even times when discipline is needed, this Grandma...
Feb 16, 20153 min read
The Importance of teaching Grandchildren To Set Aside Time to Do Nothing on National Nothing Day and More Lasting Skill Building With Meditation
When this Grandma was a child in the safe times of growing up in the 1950’s, parents were apt to send you outside to play with the...
Feb 14, 20153 min read
Matisse and The Cut Outs and Grandchildren Projects
Grandpa and I went to the New York Museum of Modern Art, “Matisse, The Cut-Outs” Show. We learned all about his process and saw hundreds...
Feb 12, 20155 min read
We Have Good Reason to Read Aloud to Grandchildren of All Ages
In the New York Times, January 8, 2015, Motoko Richjan, in “Study Finds Reading to Children of All Ages Grooms Them to Read More on Their...
Feb 10, 20152 min read
Does Jane the Virgin’s Lead Actress Have an Important message for Parents and Grandparents to Pass Along That Is Not What the Show’s Title Suggests
Because of all the buzz that the new television show,”Jane the Virgin,” was not only hysterical but bound to win awards this year, this...
Feb 8, 20153 min read
What I Wish My Grandchildren Could Understand Now Rather Than Suffer the Consequences of Having to
After having lived long, life looks so different. The intensity of youth is replaced with the calm of experience. All of those sayings we...
Jan 24, 20153 min read
Grandma Being the Nanny for the Grandchildren
This Grandma recently went to a reunion of long (we never say old) friends who are all now grandmas. One has seven month old twin...
Jan 22, 20152 min read
Grandma Trying to Understand and Prepare for the Ramifications of the Unintended Medical Consequences of Aging
This Grandma’s grandchildren heal almost in the blink of an eye. Young 20s and 30s ails took little longer to heal. So go the decades....
Jan 20, 20157 min read
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