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It’s hard to teach young children about feelings because they’re so abstract. But children who understand their emotions and can express them are less likely to have temper tantrums or show aggression. A child who can say “That hurts my feelings” or I’m mad at you,” will be better equipped to resolve conflict peacefully instead of hitting or whining.
Read More »Being present is the greatest gift we can give our grandchildren, our family, and our friends. It’s also a huge boon to our own sense of peace and well being. By being fully present, we can increase our ability to regulate our emotions.
Read More »How can we do our own grandparent thing to help our entitled grandkids learn about the importance and satisfaction of things like work, saving, delayed gratification, and self-reliance? This article by Richard and Linda Eyre explains four ways to teach our grandchildren to earn and do for themselves.
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 »We’re missing our physical connections with our young grandchildren. They don’t understand why we must restrict our contact with them. Now is the time to help our grandchildren feel relaxed and have fun on virtual visits.
Read More »At heart, estrangement from grandchildren reflects estrangement from adult children, the gatekeeper middle generation that can promote or deny access.
Read More »If we can take a few small steps every day to keep our physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being in balance, it will help us to get through these uncertain times and feel like we have some control over our lives.
Read More »When grandparents compete with the “other” grandparents, nobody wins, including the grandchildren. Our grandchildren thrive when they have lots of grandparents who love them.
Read More »Many in our generation believe things are not going to get back to normal in our lifetime. Karen Gould urged us to find hope now and gave us strategies to practice during these uncertain times.
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