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4 Tips for Explaining Health Problems to Grandchildren

By Paula Spencer Scott, senior editor at Caring.com

Too often, the youngest members of the family are ignored when a health crisis or problem strikes. They may ask, “What’s happening?” and be brushed off. Or the answer to “Is Grandpa going to be all right?” is a curt (and not always realistic) “Of course!” [...]

The Benefits of Mother’s Milk for Your Grandchild

 

By Debra L. Karplus

Your new grandchild has arrived. Your daughter or daughter-in-law is excited to share with you that she will be nourishing the new baby with mother’s milk. Possibly you breastfed your babies, or perhaps you tried and found it too challenging for a [...]

How Not To Be An Overweight Grandma Or Grandpa

By Rachel Berman RD, Director of Nutrition at CalorieCount.com

More than 1 in 3 adults in the United States are currently obese, which comes along with a myriad of health concerns such as diabetes and heart disease. But what’s to blame for the obesity epidemic? Too much fat? Sugar? Fast food? While all of these [...]

Are the Grandmas and Grandpas Responsible for Connecting the Generations?

By Corrie Lynn Player

Last week, I started musing about that wonderful stage of life that makes up for the infirmities of age — grandparenting. I said that grandparents can influence, for good, their grandchildren in very specific ways, the most important of which are the creation, implementation and continuance of traditions.

I’d like to [...]

Grandma and Grandpa are the Unsung Heroes of the Autism Epidemic

By Julie Obradovic

Julie Obradovic is a Contributing Editor to Age of Autism

A recent post on The Thinking Mom’s reminded me about the roles grandparents play in the autism epidemic. I believe in many cases they are the unsung heroes of much of what we’ve been able to accomplish in the pursuit of [...]

Does Your Grandma Have Wings?

Grandma Has Wings is an adventure that begins while six little girls are visiting their Grandma. Each has a special name for her. “I call her Gram Cracker.” “I call her Granny.” “I call her Gram-Gram.” “I call her Nana, ‘cuz I can’t say my “M” sound!” “I call her Grandma.”

When the girls [...]

When Being A Grandma Isn’t So Grand

 

By Donne Davis

Listening to grandmas talk about some of their challenges inspired me to write a book on how to deal with those challenges. When I got ready to write it, I thought it was equally important to hear the mom’s perspective about the grandparent relationship. So I surveyed moms and included what [...]