When Grandparents Are Estranged From Their Grandchildren
At heart, estrangement from grandchildren reflects estrangement from adult children, the gatekeeper middle generation that can promote or deny access.
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It’s Not a Competition With The “Other” Grandma
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 »Lessons Learned from Parenting Adult Children
By sharing our stories at our GaGa Sisterhood meeting, we learned some valuable strategies for parenting our adult children who are now parents themselves.
Read More »When Family Members Disagree About Religion or Politics
As our country becomes more polarized and volatile, families are having painful disagreements about politics or religion. Learn three ways to rebuild peace and family closeness in 2020.
Read More »Mothers and Daughters
Want Mutual Respect
The mother-daughter relationship can be challenging. But if you communicate with mutual respect and honesty, you’ll keep an overall healthy and loving relationship.
Read More »Grandma Is Too Busy to Babysit
In this letter to “Ask Amy,” a pregnant working mom asks her mother to babysit her 4-year old son one day a week. Columnist Amy Dickinson’s answer may surprise you. How would you respond to the mom?
Read More »Grandparents Need to Respect the Parents’ Boundaries
We can all learn from creating boundaries that allow us to clarify our needs, wants and comfort levels to help foster healthy relationships between parents and grandparents.
Read More »What Do You Want to Learn in 2020?
Lifelong learning matters whatever our age may be. Learning something new takes courage and determination. But it’s the best way to keep the brain thriving.
Read More »Top 10 Posts of 2019
Before we move forward into 2020, I’m taking a look backward to see which posts were the most popular in 2019. Thank you for visiting my website and making these posts the Top 10.
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