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Inspire Your Grandchildren!
There are no limits to what our grandchildren can do — with a little help from us
"Sometimes it takes a while to recognize that someone has a special ability to get us to believe in ourselves.” — Caroline Kennedy
This quote also relates to th ... read more
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NEW! Introducing the Easiest Way to Get Photos
Baffled by photo sharing sites? Picture Box makes it so simple to receive and enjoy photos. You can get free prints, too.
You know that rush of excitement that results from getting new photos of your grandchildren? In the mail, via e-mail, or handed to you in person — too many is never eno ... read more
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Help Your Grandchildren Reject Alcohol
When grandchildren become teens, they face increased pressure to drink. But the influence of a strong grandparent can steer them toward the right choice.
The headline in our local paper — "More teens drink, more parents know it" — caught my eye. The story that followed, which sketched out the problem of underage dr ... read more
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Stop Advertising to My Grandchildren
TV and movie tie-ins and "fashionista" promotions are turning kids into adolescents before their time.
The latest Indiana Jones flick just opened, but the promotions for toys linked to the film have been running for weeks. Indy is popping up in the middle of video games, on web ... read more
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Honor Their Service
On Memorial Day, children and grandchildren should hear the stories of grandparents who served.
They use words and phrases like "C-rations" and "Rosie the Riveter"; "SNAFU," "D-Day," and "38th Parallel"; "police action," "Nam," and "Charlie"; and "Desert Storm" and "Scud ... read more
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Throw the Book at Them!
The problem: Today's kids aren't reading nearly enough. The solution: Grandparents.
Young Americans are reading less, and reading less well, directly resulting in lower levels of academic achievement.
According to a recent National Endowment for the Arts rep ... read more
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Casting Call: Grandest Adventures
Our new travel show will take real-life grandparents and their grandchildren on the trip of a lifetime!
Heard the news? Grandparents.com is holding an open casting call for our upcoming reality show! Grandest Adventures: Alaska will feature real-life grandparents and their grand ... read more
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R We 2 Old 2 Understand?
Bridging the technological divide with our grandchildren
"If you have kids between the ages of 11 and 14," a middle-school guidance counselor recently wrote in an editorial in our local paper, "20 bucks says that they’re on th ... read more
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Are You a Hit-and-Run Grandparent?
How to avoid hearing: "We had the taxi come early to make sure you don't miss your plane."
If you’ve read my recent columns, you know none of my seven grandchildren live close by. To see them requires a plane ride to one of two distant cities. So we plan four ... read more
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The Up-and-Coming Generation: The Millennials
Confident, achieving, optimistic - but role models?
I've been reading a lot about the “Millennials” lately, the new generation estimated at 75 million that primarily connects and communicates through cell phones, Bl ... read more
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The Allure of a One-on-One
Surrounded by all the grandkids is splendid, but there is something magical about sharing time alone
Okay. I think we are all agreed. The best thing you can give to your grandkids is not that MP3 player or an American Girl doll. It’s much simpler than that. It’s l ... read more
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An Open Discussion on Values
Communicating morality to your grandchildren is one of the most important contributions you can make as a grandparent.
In my welcoming letter on Grandparents.com, I said I wanted to use my perch as grandparent-in-residence to write about issues of interest to all grandparents. I mentioned topi ... read more
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Super Tuesday: The Grandparent Vote
Answer our question: Which candidate is best for your grandchildren?
The nation is heating up for a day of coast-to-coast primaries and caucuses across 24 states. Grandparents.com got in on the action and headed to New York City's Times Square, ... read more
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Reflecting on Christmas Past
What was learned from a holiday spent with the grandchildren
Here it is. 2008. And while I should be thinking of New Year’s resolutions, my mind keeps returning to the marvelous holiday season that just was. Christmas 2007 brought ... read more
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The Grandparents Vote
Grandparents, now more than ever, are playing a huge role in society - and ultimately in the lives of their grandchildren.
Adapted from the blog post on TheHill.com, "The Grandparents Vote: 70 Million Lovers of Children."
The grandparents of America make up one of the largest untapped voting and c ... read more
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The Invisible Gift
One grandmother discovers the gift that keeps on giving.
About this time last year, I received an e-mail from my daughter-in-law: “Please, we want to cut back on the gifts for the kids this holiday season. They get way too muc ... read more
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Surrogate Grandparents
When you can't be with your long-distance grandchildren every day, love the ones you're with - who may not be blood, but live next door.
“If grandparents did not exist, children would surely invent them.”
This is a line from the book Grandparents/Grandchildren: The Vital Connection (Doubleday, 198 ... read more
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