New Year’s Resolutions for Grandmas
Take some time to reflect on how your life unfolded this year, especially in the context of your role as a grandma. Then set some goals for the New Year as a grandma.
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Grandmothers Are the Support Cast, Not the Star
Author Kathleen Stassen Berger shares some sage advice for grandmothers on how to be supportive of their adult children rather than overbearing or interfering.
Read More »Tips for Making Friends as You Age
Friendship and community are important for our health and happiness. As adults, we require connection with other humans to release certain hormones like oxytocin.
Read More »Gratitude Is a Gift to Yourself
When you express gratitude, you’re literally changing the molecular structure of your brain. And when you do, you become more peaceful, less reactive and genuinely happier.
Read More »Give Grandchildren the Gift of Reading
Encourage the love of reading with your grandchildren by reading out loud to them and you’ll foster a love of literacy as early as infancy.
Read More »Alienated Grandparent? I thought I was the only one.
Pat Hanson, author of “Invisible Grandparenting,” interviewed the founder of Alienated Grandparents Anonymous about her new book — “I Thought I Was the Only One: Grandparent Alienation … A Global Epidemic.”
Read More »Confessions of a Selfish Grandma
When this grandma turned 60, she asked herself: what’s in my control, and forthcoming in my life to make me fuller, complete, happy and satisfied? To answer the question, she had to dig deep and look inside herself.
Read More »7 Insights on Downsizing Through Generations
Helping aging parents downsize is an often-fraught exercise in decluttering that can trigger lots of emotions. This article has some helpful insights on how to do it properly.
Read More »What Will My Grandchild Remember?
When we think about what we leave behind as grandparents, we hope we will have transmitted lessons about kindness, justice, strength and confidence, the boundless nature of love.
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