Whenever a couple near and dear to me tells me that they are entering into a committed relationship, getting engaged, or getting married, I first recommend premarital counseling, which I learned builds a strong foundation for the new committed relationship or marriage. There will be three entities, each person as an individual and as a separate entity, the committed or marital relationship. Combining the entities in a safe, expert setting eases the transition. Why not make g

All of a sudden, or not so sudden with the domination of social media, and everybody in a group sitting on their phones rather than talking to each other, studies about everything about friends and friendships are everywhere. But are they helpful? The Why I was raised by two Holocaust survivors who believed that friends were those who turned you over to the Nazis, and only family members were the people you could depend on and with whom you should surround yourself. Leaving o

Having teenage grandchildren is an education. Not necessarily an education that I expected nor that I desired. I did teach middle school...

There is a new trauma for the parents of our baby grandchildren and we grandparents have the key to alleviate the angst. The controversy...

As I reflected in Part I, regarding the doctor dilemma we Boomers pass on to our children and grandchildren, it took this Grandma one...

This Grandma has become a Buzzfeed fan.  I first saw the car seat opener, that is incredible and even easy for a mechanically challenged...

Why does this Grandma use the terms “rules and Regulations” and for “in-law parents”? If you, the reader, are asking, then you are new to...

QUESTION NUMBER ONE Do you want to be helped, heard or hugged? How many times has someone dear to us been upset and we mistake their...

As an Amazon shopper, I know the negative vibe. If you shop Amazon consistently, you are putting small businesses out of business. I...

As a family court judge, I served to dissolve tens of thousands of marriages over twenty years. Ethan Hawke (I had heard of him but knew...

The above advice was how I started a speech to a professional legal group, mostly men, when I was a sitting Florida family court judge...

This Grandma tells the parents of our grandchildren that if they lament that a grandchild is behind in a skill or learning that the...

We grandparents have Face Time. We grandparents have texting. We grandparents have old fashioned telephone contact. When we ask our...

Spending a month in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, I was surprised to see so many strollers and so few tourists. This is clearly New York...

A dear grandma friend complained that her two grandsons, ages nine and seven, constantly fight. Their parents separate them by sending...

This Grandma has several mantras, which you can see by reviewing the archives of this blog.     Grandparenting should be all joy and no...

The Today Show, on May 11, 2017, had a segment about an admirable new project, maternity concierge, that businesses are starting. They...

This Grandma loves our multi generational trips and adventures which began when our first grandson was a toddler.  Our first trip was to...

Our grandchildren learn about shopping as early as toddlers.  No, it is not the comparison shopping of getting good quality at a good...

Family relationships are complicated.  The same DNA does not guarantee family bliss.  Somehow there is an expectation that when a...