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Grand Central Sept/Oct 2011

It’s GRAND to meetcha!

We invite you to email us and share your grand news

The Donald: Now Even Grander Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka announced in July via Twitter the birth of her first child, Arabella Rose, with her husband, Jared Kushner, owner of the New York Observer newspaper. Businesswoman Ivanka Trump appears on her father’s TV series Celebrity Apprentice. People.com [...]

Who are we, and what do we stand for?

We are the National Committee of Grandparents for Children’s Rights

Our vision is all children having healthy and stable relationships with their grandparents.

Mission: The National Committee of Grandparents for Children’s Rights is a nationwide network of grandparents and community leaders working together to provide education, advocacy and thought leadership for children, grandparents and kinship families.

We [...]

Celebrating a GRAND anniversary!

This issue marks the 7th anniversary of GRAND – the digital magazine for GRANDparents and their families. As we launch our 8th year, we recognize that we are riding the wave of an unprecedented trend. Baby boomers are now a generation of grandparents – and there are millions of us. What’s more, because of our increased longevity [...]

Elder Law 101: What to look for when hiring an Elder Law attorney

Legal problems that affect the elderly are growing in number. Our laws and regulations are becoming more complex. Actions taken by older people with regard to a single matter may have unintended legal effects. It is important for attorneys dealing with the elderly to have a broad understanding of the laws that may have an [...]

Prepare for CARE

We all need a plan for long-term care

You can call us baby boomers, but don’t call us seniors. Today’s grandparents are younger in mind, body and spirit than any generation before us. We certainly don’t feel old. Nevertheless, we’re aging, and living longer than ever before. So it’s inevitable that we’ll need help someday [...]

Time is on our side

Nearly 20 years ago, I tried to steal my sister’s son. Well, steal isn’t quite the word. More accurately, I tried to save my sister’s son, my nephew.

Nearly 20 years ago, my youngest sister was young, divorced, and had two sons – the youngest lived with her; the oldest, with his dad in the [...]

Baseball Keeps Barry LaFlam and his Grandkids on the Road

Barry LaFlam, Abby, Timothay Haggerty grandchildren

Ever since he played little league baseball as a child, proud grandfather Barry LaFlam has been a loyal baseball fan. In 1991, he began taking baseball road trips and stadium tours with his wife Barbara and their son Daryl. In fact, the LaFlam family been officially inducted into [...]