Is Your Grandchild Eligible for Social Security Under Your Account?
If you’re currently caring for your grandchildren, your grandkids may be eligible for additional Social Security benefits under your account.
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Helping Your Grandchild with the Loss of a Grandparent
Helping your grandchild cope with the loss of a grandparent and the ensuing grief is unique to every family. There’s no one way to grieve, no right or wrong response.
Read More »Family Estrangement — The Silent Epidemic
Parents who lose contact with adult children suffer. But when their children have children, they also lose contact with grandchildren, and that means a double heartbreak.
Read More »Dear Future Grandchild, We Can’t Wait for You to Arrive
As Susan Rountree eagerly awaited the birth of her first grandchild, she wrote this sweet letter to the baby introducing all the family members and the gifts they will bring.
Read More »Mother’s Day Dilemma Resolved
Thanks for helping me resolve my Mother’s Day dilemma. Not only did I get to be celebrated this Mother’s Day but I also got to honor my mother and daughter who are both wonderful mothers.
Read More »Grandmas Offer Relationship Advice With Adult Children
Most parents and adult children want to have good relationships but then something happens. How do we accomplish that? Grandmas share their advice on how to have good relationships with our adult children.
Read More »Do You Get Your Fair Share of Holidays?
A woman asks advice columnist Amy Dickinson how her son and future daughter-in-law should divide up the holidays between families. She tells her to stop keeping score.
Read More »Are Grandparents Spending Too Much Time with Their Grandchildren?
A woman brought her 2-year old daughter to her mother’s every weekend so she and her husband could have some time alone. The story caused a backlash on social media.
Read More »Helping Kids Cope with the Barrage of Scary News
Helping children understand complicated situations is no easy task. Check in often with them but from a place of assurance, not anxiety.
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