The New York Times reported on September 16, 2016 that “About one-third of American children and teens eat pizza or other fast food every...

Before I began this post, this Grandma actually put the word “Halloween” into the search on this website. There are eight previous posts...

The New York Times Backstory, on li ne October 2, 2015, explained the story behind Charlie Brown, Charles Scultz, it’s creator, and the...

Forbes Magazine had a tweet August 14, 2015, about the 2015 top 25 innovative consumer products. This Grandma was curious. Included in...

This Grandma writes often about our generation not being our parents’ generation. I speak of it about the way we think, the way we act,...

Visiting the oldest grandchild, I found him playing unusually with a low tech toy–a Rubik’s Cube. He said he and his twelve year old...

For two months in a row, the New York Times has had significant articles about new studies by scientists, education researchers and...

Parenting Magazine had a great article on ten festive red, white and blue recipes for Fourth of July . The children or grandchildren...

This week, trying to take a photograph of an Instagram my oldest grandson posted, I accidentally got Siri instead. I went,” Oh! No! Not...

This Grandma just went for her quarterly teeth cleaning. In the treatment room was a new large box of individually wrapped sugar free...

This Grandma hated toilet training. The oldest daughter was a clean freak and would only go at home, even after being toilet trained. It...

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...

Every year this Grandma looks for an inviting and memorable project to do with the grandchildren for the holidays. In the past, this...

In this Grandma’s grandchildren’s preschools and schools, nuts are forbidden. Everything that goes to school must not contain nuts. Nut...

My mother, GG (great grandmother) died in 2005. Before she died, she gave me a ball of red yarn and told me it was now my duty as the...

When my eldest daughter was being toilet trained, I religiously avoided public bathrooms. All the rituals were exhausting. Taking a hand...

Each year the local newspaper has a Holiday Cookie Contest. This year’s winner is a mouthwatering oatmeal crisp that I cannot wait to try...

This Grandma was at Learning Express with the older grandchildren letting them pick out items for the holidays and their camp packages....

At this Grandma’s long (we never say old) years, I love that I am able to keep up with the grandchildren and do dancing and moving songs...

This Grandma was watching Brian Williams on the NBC Nightly News introduce a segment on the new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety...