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Saving Pirate Ryan

My grandson is into pirates. Between the daily swashbuckling, the crooked bandanas and the black eye patch, I try to sneak in lessons about bad pirates and good pirates. It’s difficult sometimes because pirate aspirations are to pillage and plunder. Is it any wonder the response of my pirate-with-a-pacifier is a steady “Aarrrgh!”?

They say [...]

Nanny-Nanny Boo-Hoo

I scored my nanny at a funeral. My cousin’s mother-in-law had died so as long as she had gone to a better place, couldn’t her caregiver come to live with me?

hen our grandsons first came to live with me, I thought: I can handle this. But handling a three-month old and an almost two [...]

Fame, Fortune, and Love

Besides fame, what do Willie Nelson, Carol Burnett, Jack Nicholson, and Oprah have in common? They were all raised by grandparents.

Willie warned mommas to not let their babies grow up to be cowboys. To explore his musical talents was what Willie’s grandparents helped him do. If you’re a Boomer, you surely remember every ending [...]

Encore Parenting: SAVING PIRATE RYAN

My grandson is into pirates. Between the daily swashbuckling, the crooked bandanas, and the black eye patch, I try to sneak in lessons about bad pirates and good pirates. It’s difficult sometimes because pirate aspirations are to pillage and plunder. Is it any wonder the response of my pirate-with-a-pacifier is a steady aarrrgh!?

They [...]

Nanny-Nanny Boo-Hoo

I scored my nanny at a funeral. My cousin’s mother-in-law had died so as long as she had gone to a better place, couldn’t her caregiver come to live with me?

hen our grandsons first came to live with me, I thought: I can handle this. But handling a three-month old and an almost two [...]

Fame, Fortune, and Love

Besides fame, what do Willie Nelson, Carol Burnett, Jack Nicholson, and Oprah have in common? They were all raised by grandparents.

Willie warned mommas to not let their babies grow up to be cowboys. To explore his musical talents was what Willie’s grandparents helped him do. If you’re a Boomer, you surely remember every ending [...]

Sleeping Around (Town)

By: Lili Prellezo

When my husband and I became grandparents, we decided it was time to start sleeping around. It wasn’t any staleness in our thirty-three year-old marriage that sparked that decision, but because our grandchildren came to live with us after a glorious two-year empty nest. We needed a getaway, so in order to [...]