Ask Amy Is Too Soft on Toxic Grandma
Ask Amy offers advice to a young mom on how to handle her mother who is fat-phobic and may be passing on her eating disorder to her 14-month old granddaughter.
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The Power of Praise
Today’s parents are warned that excessive praise will make children praise dependent. But it’s important for grandparents to compliment our adult children on their parenting.
Read More »Grandma Competition Is Universal
A grandma friend confessed to me she struggles with a “jealousy issue” with the “other” grandma. I reassured her she was not alone – grandma competition is universal.
Read More »Are You Different as a Grandma Than Your Mother Was?
Every generation has some similarities and differences with the generation that preceded it. Are you different as a grandma than your mother was?
Read More »The Importance of Today’s Grandmothers
What is the role that grandmothers play in modern life? Three grandmother experts discuss the impact grandmothers are making to reshape public life from health care to politics.
Read More »10 Tips for Long-Distance Grandmas
Half of all grandparents in America live more than 200 miles from their grandchildren. Here are some tips for long-distance grandmas from “The Grammie Guide.”
Read More »Learning to Ask for Help
How do you navigate challenges? Do you head out into the forest to slay the dragon alone? Or do you enlist the help and strategic counsel of other knights and soothsayers?
Read More »We Can’t Hide Things From Our Mothers
We cannot hide things from our mothers. They are like a detective assigned to only one case – us. We’re a puzzle and they know all the misshapen pieces. They know how they fit together.
Read More »Why Do Grandmothers Exist?
I participated in a in a Huff Post Live panel with Judith Shulevitz to discuss her New Republic article: Why Do Grandmothers Exist? Solving an evolutionary mystery.
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