We all need something to lift our spirits these days. Artist Joanne Nardone has created a collection of whimsical characters called Joyblz (sounds like foibles) to make you smile when you’re feeling anxious, stressed, or overwhelmed. Her mission is to spread more joy into the world with her Joyblz cards.
Read More »You can boost your grandchild’s creative life and in the process contribute to his or her happiness and well-being. Creative abilities help children adapt and thrive in increasingly complex and uncertain times. A child’s talent may be of less importance than the encouragement they receive from those around them.
Read More »Dr. Ken Canfield of Grandkids Matter has been polling grandparents about their feelings and experiences during the pandemic. He shares three behaviors that have been most helpful in keeping perspective during the pandemic.
Read More »Playing board games and card games with your grandchild creates many opportunities for learning beyond just the game itself. One of the most important lessons is how to compete and win or lose gracefully.
Read More »We gain huge physical, mental, and psychological benefits for both ourselves and our adult child when we have a good parent/adult-child relationship. We have way more to lose and way more to gain when that happens.
Read More »Emily Morgan, author, and grandma of 9 grandchildren hosts the Grand Life podcast. In a recent episode, “Do Grandparents Matter,” she explores how the Pandemic has triggered some hard questions for Emily that are bigger than grandparenting.
Read More »A great-grandma who has a close bond with her daughter and granddaughter wrote to ask for advice after being denied access to her granddaughter’s preemie.
Read More »Grandparents have a sacred role to help foster empathy, self-understanding, kindness, and acceptance in our grandchildren simply by our ordinary attention — now more than ever before.
Read More »Guest author Diane Levinson shares her perspective of the Spanish Flu pandemic that affected her grandmother’s life in 1918. They recognized the importance of wearing masks even when they were dressed “to the nines.”
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