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Who Carries The Responsibility For Your Child’s Choices?

Before I had children, I knew exactly how to raise kids. I watched carefully as a family with 6 children, ages 1 to 13 sat quietly through an entire church service. Even the baby! Now there! THAT is how MY kids are going to behave, I decided. After all, I would have control over my children. Weren’t they my [...]

6 Ways to Celebrate Grandma on Mother’s Day

Grandmothers get younger with every generation. I have friends who jumped that line way back at the 40-year-old mark (and others in their 60s who are still trying to keep up with their first set of children, but that’s another story).

Because so many moms are busy raising their own young, grandma can often [...]

The Influence of Grandparents and Stepgrandparents on Grandchildren

Laura DeHaan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Child Development, NDSU

Over the past 20 years, increased attention has been given to the importance of grandparenthood. This newfound emphasis on grandparenthood and stepgrandparenthood is a reflection of the increased life span; adults are living longer and four- and five-generation families are more common. It’s also a [...]

Advice to the Divorced Parents of Your Grand Kids

By: Billie Tarascio and Allyson Del Vecchio of Tarascio & Del Vecchio Law Firm in Mesa

Divorce inAmericais now estimated to be at 50%. Each year, one million children in our country are experiencing the stress of having their parents split-up.

Remember that holidays are about celebrating and sharing love and not about squabbles divorced [...]

Your Grandchild with a Physical Disability

By Debra L. Karplus, MS, OTR/L

 Your grandchild has a physical disability. Perhaps it is from a congenital disorder, something that happened before birth, such as a club foot which ultimately requires the use of leg braces; or the result of an incident at the time [...]

Porn Harms Women (Your Grandaughers): What Grandparents Can Do

By: Christine Crosby

Most all grandparents know that hard core porn harms girls and women, but what can grandparents do about it? Get educated, get involved and let your voice be heard. There is an organization called Morality in Media, Inc.  that has been around [...]

Do You See Struggle As A Way To Grow?

4 year old Jacob was not a fan of vegetables. That is putting it lightly. ‘Just try one bite’. That was my rule. Just one bite…that’s all you have to take.  So, at supper-time, night after night, Jacob sat. Grandma coaxed. Finally, Jacob would try one bite….of broccoli, beans, peas, carrots, cauliflower and even [...]