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New Jackie Robinson Movie is a Home Run for Grandparents & Grandchildren!

’42′ Inspirational, Educational and Humorous Story of An American Legend that Grandparents & Grandkids Will Love!

By Ranny Levy, President/Founder of KIDS FIRST! – www.kidsfirst.org

Out in theaters on April 12 is the inspirational story of an American Legend, Jackie Robinson. Those of us who are old enough to remember the civil rights [...]

Who Knew Grandparents Could Be So Cool?

As sure as Lassie always found a way to save the day and Perry Mason almost never lost a case, you and all your baby-boomer friends are just as cool now as you were when those legendary TV shows were in their heyday. So no matter how you may look to the outside world, [...]

Ask Gramma Good: Dating After Divorce

Dating after divorce is tough, but being in the dark about a relationship is even more difficult. Let’s help one gramma see the light.

Dear Gramma Good,

I’m a 46-year-old, divorced mother of three grown children and grandmother to four grandkids. I have been divorced for 22 years now, and haven’t had a date [...]

Your Grandkids Will Flip Over the Kia Optima SXL

By Jonathan Micocci – GRAND Car Reviewer

I’ve admired the lines of the Kia Optima SXL so I jumped at the chance to spend some quality time with this sporty 4-door. Midsize sedans have some inevitable design similarities, but the Optima makes better use of the same amount of sheet metal. The look is balanced, [...]

Do You Let Your Grandchildren Express Their Emotions?

by Sue Gillespie (Grandma Sue)

Carolyn was just a toddler and I had to take her temperature…rectally. When her dad came home from work, she announced to him, “I’m as sick as my buns’.

Kids don’t know how to express it right – but they do need to express what they’re thinking and feeling.

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When a Child Is Removed from the Parents’ Home

Kinship care options and advice for grandparents of kids in the child-welfare system

By Cathleen J. Newbanks

 

The Fostering Connections Act (2009) mandates that child-welfare workers locate and contact relatives within 30 days of a child being removed from the custody of their parent(s). Research has shown that children removed from their [...]

The Time is Now for Your Income Plan

By Dennis Miller

I have a friend who says, “Why make a decision today if it can be put off until tomorrow?”

While that might sound cute, waiting until the transmission on your car is totally broken and having the vehicle towed to a dealer for a trade-in certainly isn’t the optimal way to negotiate [...]