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 Help Your Grandchildren Give Thanks
Help Your Grandchildren Give Thanks

Thanksgiving is about more than turkey and football. With family gathered around the table, it's a time for grandparents and grandchildren to open their hearts and talk about ... read more
 Get Down and Do Yoga With Your Grandchildren
Get Down and Do Yoga With Your Grandchildren

In a sun-dappled studio in lower Manhattan, a young girl and her grandmother stand beside each other on a bright purple mat. Then they drop to their hands and knees, arch thei ... read more
 Do You Need to Tighten Up or Lighten Up?
Do You Need to Tighten Up or Lighten Up?

When Darren and Ella returned home after a night out, they found Darren’s mother, Nana Louise, sitting on the couch reading a magazine while the kids ran wild around the ... read more
 Should Your Grandchild Take a Gap Year?
Should Your Grandchild Take a Gap Year?

Years ago, if teenagers told their families that they planned to take a "year off" before starting college, parents and grandparents feared the worst — that their c ... read more
 A Grandmother Who Gets Halloween
A Grandmother Who Gets Halloween

I sometimes think that no one gets Halloween, except me and my grandkids. Those are my daughter’s girls: Ryan, 5 years old, who plans to dress this year as a witch, or a ... read more
 6 Ideas for When You Have No Idea What to Get
6 Ideas for When You Have No Idea What to Get

1. Take Them Out This holiday, give the kids an outing: Tell them that you'll take them, and a few friends, to the next blockbuster movie they want to see, complete with pre- ... read more
 How to Choose Safe Toys for Your Grandchildren
How to Choose Safe Toys for Your Grandchildren

Grandparents love seeing the looks of joy on their grandchildren's faces as the kids unwrap the perfect holiday toy. And there's no doubt grandparents love shopping for those ... read more
 How to Handle Your Grandchildrens
How to Handle Your Grandchildren's Meltdowns

You've seen it before: A minor conflict, a misplaced toy, a denied snack, or a tough loss in a board game sends your grandchild into an all-out temper tantrum. You know the ki ... read more
 Hunting: An Activity for Grandchildren?
Hunting: An Activity for Grandchildren?

Norm Phelps, 69, of Funkstown, Md., remembers boyhood days in the Tidewater region of Virginia, hunting bobwhites, squirrels, rabbits, and an occasional red fox, with the bre ... read more
 Grandparenting for Twins
Grandparenting for Twins

The number of twins being born in the United States is on the rise. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, mothers gave birth to multiple babies 139,816 times ... read more
 A Grandmother Learns the Ropes
A Grandmother Learns the Ropes

When my granddaughter, Ryan, was 2 (she's 5 now), I'd take her on my bike the few blocks from her mother's house to the Montessori House of Children School, her nursery school ... read more
 I Would Do Anything for My Grandchildren, But I Wont
I Would Do Anything for My Grandchildren, But I Won't Do THAT!

There's a rumor going around that grandparents will do anything their grandchildren ask, as long as it makes the kids happy. So we decided to find out how far grandparents wou ... read more
 Just in Case
Just in Case

My husband, Bruce, and I began a family preparedness program when our children were young. The plan evolved as our kids grew, reflecting their changing needs and maturity. Now ... read more
 Make Your Grandchilds
Make Your Grandchild's Half-Birthday All Yours

Grandchildren's birthday parties can be a lot of fun, especially when the kids are small. However, when children get bigger, and start inviting entire classrooms of first- or ... read more
 Back to School by the Numbers
Back to School by the Numbers

About 56 million students, from kindergarten kids to high school seniors, have gone back to school across the country, and an estimated 56 percent of 3- and 4-year-olds have ... read more
 How Can You Make Your Grandchild Brilliant?
How Can You Make Your Grandchild Brilliant?

While shopping recently on New York City’s Upper East Side, I observed a woman holding a toy truck. She inspected it from various angles, poking and prodding its wheels ... read more
 Handling Your Grandchildrens
Handling Your Grandchildren's Worst Habits

Nose-picking. Hair-twirling. Shirt-chewing. Thumb-sucking. Your preschool and early-grade grandchildren are adorable, but they're not perfect. If they're like most kids, they ... read more
 What Grandmothers Can Teach Their Grandchildren
What Grandmothers Can Teach Their Grandchildren

Your fondest memories of your own grandmother may be afternoons spent with her in the kitchen, in the garden, or at her table for a tea party. While it may seem as if today's ... read more
 Help Grandchildren Move From Texters to Writers
Help Grandchildren Move From Texters to Writers

You've see them on the street, at the mall and in line at the convenience store. The Japanese call them "thumb tribes." Most people here call them "texters." But you can just ... read more
 Know Your Noodles
Know Your Noodles

You love cooking with your grandchildren almost as much as you love sharing a meal with them. And there are few meals children love more than an Italian feast featuring their ... read more
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