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Don't Babysit Without This Emergency Info
If you're babysitting for a grandchild, this must-have information could save his or her life.
When you babysit for your grandchildren, whether it's the first time or the hundredth time, there are some things you expect to be provided, such as food for the kids' dinner; ... read more
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How to Help New Parents Survive the First Year
When a new baby arrives, new parents' lives become a whirlwind. A helpful grandparent can be the calm at the middle of the storm.
No matter how well a couple thinks they have prepared, a new baby turns their whole house upside-down, not just for a week, but for months. As the new arrival upends his or he ... read more
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7 Ways to Teach Patriotism to Your Grandchildren
The Fourth of July is a great time to help children learn about our country's ideals and symbols. These ideas will help get you started.
Grandchildren love the Fourth of July. There are hot dogs, beach parties, baseball games, and at the end of the day, fireworks. But for young children, there are also question ... read more
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Driving for Donors
Fueled by love for their grandson, one couple embarks on an extraordinary road trip to recruit bone-marrow donors.
They’ve already logged more than 6,000 miles in their 31-foot "donormobile." They've hit 13 cities since April. And it’s clear that Gordon and Sharon Small are wil ... read more
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10 Things You Can Pay Grandchildren to Do
Is there a job that needs doing in your house? Instead of looking in the Yellow Pages, hire a grandchild.
It’s no secret that grandparents like to give gifts. You regularly send your grandchildren birthday checks, slip cash into their eager hands as you hug them good-bye af ... read more
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Minding Their Manners
Grandparents play a vital role in modeling good etiquette
The grandparent, the brother, the aunt, or the perfect stranger ... at one time or another, everyone has witnessed the phenomenon that is a misbehaving child. Screaming at the ... read more
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When Your Present Flops
You spend a lot of time choosing just the right presents for your grandchildren. So what do you do when the kids hate them?
In one of our frequent phone conversations, my daughter told me that my toddler grandson loved dinosaurs and bubbles. So when I saw a dinosaur bubble-blower, I gleefully bough ... read more
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How to "Be There" for a New Mom
Your grandchild has been born! While everyone else is looking at the new arrival, here's what you can do to support the new mom.
When you get that long-awaited call that your new grandchild has arrived, your instinct may be to grab the adorable newborn outfit you bought and wrapped so carefully and race ... read more
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Have You Bonded With Your Grandchild?
Feeling connected to a new child doesn't always happen instantly, but with time, you'll get there.
You're never quite prepared for the feelings that your first grandchild's birth inspires. Even an experienced pediatric nurse like Mary Schoenberg, 57, of Basking Ridge, N.J., ... read more
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Celebrating At-Home Dads
The ranks of at-home dads are growing, and new research says that's great for kids.
This Father’s Day, grandparents nationwide will pause to honor the dads in their grandchildren's lives, with an array of ties, robes, fishing lures, and colognes. For gr ... read more
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Are You Ready for Your Grandchild's Summer Visit?
It's the season for sleepovers. Are you — and your home — prepared?
Preparing your home, and yourself, for a summer visit from the grandchildren can seem as complicated — and about as much fun — as preparing for a tax audit. But a ... read more
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Will the Baby Look Like You?
Scientists are working to figure out why one grandchild has your eyes while another doesn't.
Maybe you have Liz Taylor lavender eyes that still melt hearts. Or maybe you have a Cyrano nose you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy. What are the odds your grandchildren wil ... read more
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Special Needs III: A Different Kind of Grandparenting
Grandparents of a child with special needs must get a handle on their emotions and focus on learning about the child's condition.
Grandparents-to-be, like parents-to-be, create an image of a “perfect child” in their imagination. So when one finds out that a grandchild will have special needs, ... read more
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When Grandparents Divorce
Divorce may be more common than ever, but that doesn't mean it will be any easier to tell grandchildren about yours.
Since the 1960s, we’ve all watched divorce "morph," as Newsweek put it in its April 21 cover story, "from something shocking, even shameful, into a routine fact of Ameri ... read more
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A Change of Plans
Rising fuel prices force grandparents to adjust travel schedules
Grandparents with designs on visiting their grandchildren over the Memorial Day weekend or throughout the summer might have to adjust their travel plans.
The skyrocketing co ... read more
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Due Diligence, or Distrust?
Tracking software allows parents and grandparent caregivers access to kids' grades
Is it a matter of distrust, or a case of due diligence and responsibility?
Debate and discussion has ensued over the hottest thing going in education right now — track ... read more
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When Postpartum Depression Hits Home
Postpartum depression can tear a new family apart. If you see the symptoms in a new mom, get her the help she needs.
A new mother is supposed to be happy. She has a healthy, beautiful baby, so what could possibly make her sad?
Stress, anxiety, surging hormones, and a lack of sleep can all p ... read more
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Rallying for a Cause
GrandRally draws attention to grandparent caregivers
More than 1,000 grandparents and other relatives who serve as caregivers attended the third GrandRally on May 7 in Washington, D.C., hoping that strength in numbers brought mo ... read more
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Scared Silly
Phobias are no laughing matter. Here's how grandparents can help.
"There are monsters under my bed!"
"Turn the light on — it's too dark!"
Childhood fears are a nearly universal part of growing up. "It is normal for children, developmen ... read more
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10 Ways to Celebrate Your Grandchild's Mom
These ideas will help you make her feel special this Mother's Day.
Whether she’s got a newborn, preschoolers or teens, Mother’s Day is a special time for your daughter or daughter-in-law — and an opportunity for you to let h ... read more
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