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By Debra Karplus You’re embarrassed to admit that when you were in school, you were one of the students who frequently played mean-spirited pranks on any substitute teacher who dare set foot into a classroom where you were present. ‘Subs” appeared to be lower on the social status than the nerdiest of kids at school. [...] How Open Innovation Could Help Fund Your grandchild’s Future (Editor’s note: We think this is a cool idea for today’s computer savvy grandparents to explore ways to help put their grandkids through college.) Education doesn’t come cheap and putting the children through college can be one of the biggest drains on a family’s finances. [...] By Jack Levine The sudden death of a neighbor motivates me to share my thoughts about the importance of creating bonds outside the confines of our front doors. Bill, our across-the-street neighbor for some 27 years, died suddenly one morning while doing yard work. One minute he was by all appearances healthy and fit….the next [...] By Joyce Davis, President of Keeping Babies Safe www.keepingbabiessafe.org As the number of grandparents serving as primary caregivers for grandchildren under 18 have risen from 2.4 million in 2000 to 2.7 million in 2011, according to a U.S. Census survey. Since grandparents’ care for babies and children are on the rise, we know grandparents have [...] By Debra Karplus, MS Want to feel grand about your life? Try volunteering. Whether you’re retired or perhaps you’re still working, a little bit of your time donated to a cause or event that you’d like to help support goes a long way and promises to be greatly appreciated by the recipient. Volunteer at [...]
By Debra Karplus, MS If you want to keep in touch with your grandchildren, you certainly need to be well-versed on using e-mail with its protocols and quirks, and better yet, you’ll want to have a presence on social networks, and become adept at texting, despite some lost dexterity [...] |
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