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This Grandma’s Case For a Breakfast Feast Grandchildren Would Want For Breakfast, Part I
In order to understand this Grandma’s recommendation that grandchildren should be fed a breakfast feast grandchildren would want for...
Sep 22, 20175 min read


Enjoying the Summer Sleep Away Camp Effect While It Lasts
Grandpa and I try to visit our grandchildren before they leave for summer sleep away camp each year. Three are now old enough* to give...
Sep 19, 20175 min read


The Perfect 36 Hour Stopover Experience in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
We Boomers are way ahead of the Millennials. We have known experiences trump possessions, as Millenials seem to have just discovered. ...
Aug 25, 20179 min read


Things We Learned In Kindergarten and How to Cope and Have Our Children and Grandchildren Cope With Current Events From Michael Balaban, President & CEO Jewish Federation of Broward County
This email was sent to many of us in South Florida Friday, August 18, 2017, from Michael Balaban, President & CEO Jewish Federation of...
Aug 22, 20173 min read


More Germs Than We Want to Know About Surround Us
If you subscribe to this blog, and you can on the home page where it says to “subscribe” to receive two posts per week by email, you...
Aug 18, 20174 min read


Why Our Grandchildren Should Learn Mandarin Chinese Sooner Rather Than Later
Our cousins in San Francisco have always had a nanny who speaks Mandarin Chinese. Once their eldest was ready for preschool, they...
Aug 15, 20175 min read


What is a Whiplash Grandma and Five Top Tips On How To Give All Your Cluster Grandchildren Individua
Our dear cousin is a whiplash grandma. She laughed when I named her that. She has had five grandchildren born in five years. When her...
Aug 5, 20173 min read


Why We Should Happily Feed Our Grandchildren Healthy Watermelon and Enjoy It Ourselves
I love watermelon. It is the best summer treat. I always thought it was full of calories and little else, lacking any nutrition. As a...
Aug 2, 20172 min read


The Easiest and Best Way to Detox Grandchildren From Electronics
This Grandma believes that electronics are grandparents’ friend. When we are tired, or want some quiet time, or especially when we take...
Jul 18, 20173 min read


The Absolute Best Thing to Send your Grandchildren in Summer Camp Now That We No Longer Can Send Packages
This Grandma planned summer camp packages for grandchildren in sleep away camp months ahead. I collected items, created items, boxed...
Jun 30, 20173 min read


Are Your Grandchildren Ready For An Emergency and Know How to Call 911?
This Grandma watches the Today Show as much as possible. One of my favorite segments is “Rossen Reports.” May 8, 2017, “Would your...
Jun 23, 20173 min read


What A Grandchild Quitting Something Teaches Grandma and Grandpa As Well As the Grandchild
Even before Christine Gray’s mother stated in “Fifty Shades of Gray,” that children should be exposed to a second language, music lessons...
Jun 9, 20176 min read


What Could Be the Connection Between Neurological Changes in Our Brains When We Become Grandparents
It does not matter if I am with the thirteen year old or six year old grandchildren. Both the youngest and oldest, and the grandchildren...
May 9, 20174 min read


Praising Behavior has Changed in This Generation and Must We Grandparents Change With It
Good boy! Good girl! We used to say that to our children for a job well done. Now it is preserved for our animals. WebMD has a great...
Apr 11, 20175 min read


National Monopoly Day Rollout of New Playing Pieces Shows The Board Game’s Continuing popularity for
This Grandma recently spent time with Grandpa and her younger brother, during which the younger brother bemoaned playing Monopoly with...
Apr 7, 20174 min read


Holiday and Easter and Passover Bargains and Fabulous Free Guides
We grandmas are always looking for special things to mail grandchildren for holidays. The grandchildren love getting presents in the...
Apr 4, 20172 min read


Telling Grandchildren About the Beginning of Television Now That We Are Nearing Its End As We Know It
This past February 2017, NBC television celebrated 90 years of programming. That is GG’s (great grandparent’s) generation, but we...
Mar 15, 20176 min read


Being Cool Slime . . . ing with Grandchildren Might Not Be Without Its Messes But is As Simple As Yo
A dear grandma friend told me that making slime is the rage of older elementary and middle school children right now. It is messy, so it...
Mar 10, 20174 min read


”Hidden Figures” Gives Us An Opportunity to Share What Has Been Hidden With Our Grandchildren And To Impart Core Moral Values
A dear grandma friend took her three oldest grandchildren to see the movie, “Hidden Figures.” She told me that all three, including the...
Feb 28, 20174 min read


Chad and Jake’s Personalized Bibs, Burp Cloths, and Blankets Return With An Even Greater Selection of Items
Chad and Jake is a Florida company run by a family who makes the best quality and most useful and long lasting personalized bibs, burp...
Feb 24, 20172 min read
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