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.”
Read More »The coronavirus pandemic has upended the daily lives of Americans, and for many of us 70 million grandparents, contact with our young grandchildren has been cut off and we feel adrift.
Read More »Try this creative family activity to show and tell how you and your grandchildren are feeling during this pandemic.
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 »The mother and daughter-in-law relationship can be fragile or tense when the grown man in the middle must show his loyalty to his wife and put his mother second.
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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