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Judy Cockerton: Foster Parent and Innovator

Amazing Third Acts

 

Judy Cockerton — winner of AARP’s 2012 Purpose Prize for Intergenerational Innovation — is re-envisioning and reinventing child foster care in America

 

By Richard J. Anthony, Sr.

 

When Judy Cockerton first entered the world of child welfare in 1999, she was the founding owner of two specialty toy [...]

Grands Make a Hobby More Fun

If you’re like most grandparents, you’re always on the look-out for activities to enjoy with your grandkids. A hobby provides lots of opportunities for learning, bonding, and having a grand time together.

Pursuing a hobby — whether an art, craft, sport, favorite pastime, or activities linked to a personal passion (horses, earth science, music, [...]

The Children’s Movement of Florida

By Jack Levine

 

Investing in Children

David Lawrence Jr.

The Children’s Movement of Florida is a coalition of 325,000 Floridians dedicated to ensuring that children become the number-one priority of state lawmakers and decision-makers and that every child in Florida gets a full chance at the American dream.Jack Levine, special correspondent for GRAND [...]

Earth Day Crafts for Grandkids

By Colleen Sell

Easy-peasy projects that make learning about ecology fun for everyone!

 

 

 

 

The ideal crafts project for kids has four characteristics:

It is enjoyable and relatively easy to do. It can be made with materials you have or can purchase easily and inexpensively. It helps your grandchild [...]

Education is Child’s Play

Nolan Bushnell’s solution for the nation’s schools starts with playing games

He fathered the video game industry in 1974 with the creation of Atari, one of the most successful entries ever in the consumer electronics market. Thirty-seven years later, after an impressive list of other breakthrough ventures, Nolan Bushnell, dad to eight and grandfather to [...]

Education is child’s play

Nolan Bushnell’s solution for the nation’s schools starts with playing games

He fathered the video game industry in 1974 with the creation of Atari, one of the most successful entries ever in the consumer electronics market. Thirty-seven years later, after an impressive list of other breakthrough ventures, Nolan Bushnell, dad to eight and grandfather to [...]