Grandparents Should Speak Up on Safety Issues
Grandparents shouldn’t give unsolicited advice to parents unless it concerns safety. What’s the best way to say it without being critical or judgmental?
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Whose Home for the Holidays?
Where will you and your family spend the holidays? Who will be there and who will decide the answers to these questions? Successful celebrations will require group planning.
Read More »Feeling Pressure Over Holiday Celebrations and Expectations?
As you plan your holiday celebrations, pay close attention to your feelings. Are you looking forward to the holidays or filled with a sense of dread?
Read More »Grandloving Offers Hundreds of Creative Activities to Do with Your Grandchildren
It seems fitting that for my 100th post I share a book that has hundreds of fun, low-cost activities for grandparents to share with their grandchildren whether they’re near or far. Grandloving: Making Memories with Your Grandchildren is written by a grandmother, Sue Johnson, and her daughter-in-law, Julie Carlson.
Read More »Thanksgiving Evokes Memories of Favorite Sweet Potato Recipe
Thanksgiving family traditions evoke memories of cooking, playing games together, and an enduring Thanksgiving recipe for grapefruit-topped sweet potatoes.
Read More »Relaxing the Rules When Grandma Visits
When visiting grandchildren, grandmas should respect the parents’ routines. Parents should allow grandmas to have fun even if they have to bend the rules.
Read More »Parentless Parents Need Surrogate Grandparents
Parents who’ve lost their own parents find it hard to raise their children without grandparents. There is a website that is matching families with surrogate grandparents.
Read More »Bunch of Grapes Halloween Costume
For Halloween I discovered a “grape” idea for my granddaughters’ costumes – bunches of grapes, from the website Grandloving. Use balloons, felt and safety pins.
Read More »Creativity Thrives Among Silicon Valley Grandmas
In our November GaGa Sisterhood meeting, Susan Borkin shared fun ways to enrich, enlighten and empower ourselves and our grandchildren with creative ideas.
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