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The Issue: The Food Police…Eating Across the Generations

Food, glorious food! Whether for nourishment, comfort or a treat, food clearly is a source of contention between the generations of parents. We know this from conversations with other parents and grandparents as well as from personal experience. So…for all children who have ever been challenged by the ‘Clean Plate Club’ and for all adults [...]

Today’s Grandparents Got Groove

Flower children. Deadheads. Yuppies. Grandparents? Like students bewildered by the SAT question that asks which word doesn’t belong in the list, we keep wondering how grandparent crept onto our résumé.

As much as we loved our own grandpas and grandmas when we were kids, we couldn’t help noticing [...]

Is The Dark Knight Rises Right for Your Grandkids?

A Hero’sBattle: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

By: Ranny Levy – Founder and President of Kids First!

“The true test of a hero is to be able to face your darkest fears and rise above,” says KIDS FIRST! youth film critic Julianna Noone, age 12, in a very perceptive opening to her review of The Dark [...]

Raising My Grandchild While Living On A Sailboat

By: Nita Knighton

Thirty eight years ago my husband and I had a dream to live on a sailboat when our children were grown and on there own. Three children later, marital problems and “life” itself tried to dull the sparkle of this dream. I am happy to report we fulfilled our dream of not [...]

How Grandma Spent Time As a Child

By: Karla Sullivan

Unlike today’s’ grandchildren and young adults whose family room entertainment consists of computers, androids, Nintendo Wii, and 900 cable TV channels, Baby Boomers and their parents spent childhood hours indoors with less sophistication and a lot more imagination. When, raindrops diminished the hope of playing outside, creative pastimes took over. With or [...]

Ah, Sweet Childhood Memories for Baby Boomer Grandparents

By: Karla Sullivan

 

(Editor’s Note: Next time your grandchildren tell you they are bored…share this story with them.)

As storms approached for a long weekend of indoor play, you called your neighborhood friends to come over using the single household phone; some families had two. If the line was busy, you could be delayed [...]

How and Why You Should Teach Your Grandkids About Typewriters

By: Karla Sullivan

There are varying degrees of skilled computer users among Baby Boomers and their parents. Their true ability is difficult to accurately measure since many are embarrassed to admit that the younger generation has a “thumbs up” when it comes to their social communication and file retrieval methods.

Many of us not [...]