How to apply makeup in under 15 minutes to look put together BY CHRISTINE CROSBY If you don’t have a lot of time to play with your makeup (who does?

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BY CHRISTINE CROSBY How to be the perfect grandma is the title of a book by Bryna Nelson Paston. It’s one of many in my robust library of grandparent books. 

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By Caroline Miller This article is reprinted from Child Mind Institute When Should You Get Your Kid a Phone? By the time they’re toddlers, most children are excited about phones.

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You’ve Got to be Taught… CONTRIBUTED BY JACK LEVINE In Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, we are given this lesson in song… You’ve got to be taught to hate and

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Summer reading for grands and grandkids Today’s grandparents and grandchildren are serious knowledge seekers, as have been previous generations. However, today, they both have a huge advantage of being able

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BY JERRY WITKOVSKY As your parent’s age, balancing your role as adult children who worry or may even be caregivers can be challenging. While you want to ensure your aging

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Protecting Our Grandchildren’s Connection BY ROBYN WIND Nine years ago, like millions of other grandparents in this country, I thought I had my future planned out. All that changed with

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BY PAT BURNS It’s no wonder the world’s gone bonkers for Judy Blume. With numerous television, radio and podcast interviews, major media networks are touting Judy Blume and her two

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2023 Dirty Dozen List Exposes Increasing Dangers Online Provided by Kelly Oliver Apple App Store, Discord, Microsoft’s GitHub, Snapchat, Spotify, and Others Called Out for Facilitating Sexual Exploitation Tech platforms

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BY CHRISTINE CROSBY As a parent and or a grandparent, one of the most important things we want for our children and grandchildren is for them to be honest and

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Getting into a slip-and-fall accident can leave you injured, confused, and at the mercy of people who don’t have your best interests at heart. Slip and fall cases fall under

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Caregiver Assist – Of, Buy and For Family Caregivers Here are the first five episodes of 30-minute interviews with family caregiver specialists and real-life caregivers willing to tell their stories.

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What To Do When an Entire Political Party Needs the Help of a Sex Therapist By Karen L. Rancourt, Ph.D. I have been a relationship advice columnist for the past

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Wake Up to Goodnight Oppy A documentary film review BY PAT BURNS Growing up in the sixties, space exploration had nearly everyone’s attention.  I remember how the entire world froze

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BY ALICE ROBERTSON “A child needs a grandparent, anybody’s grandparent, to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world.”—Charles and Ann Morse So you’ve offered to take care of

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Teen grandkids – when friends become the priority BY ANN KOCHENBERGER Bringing what looked like their entire dresser full of clothes, the grandchildren would frequently be over to spend the

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 Some of Us Are Not “So Done With Covid-19” BY KAREN L. RANCOURT, PHD “There aren’t many of us left,” said the masked woman when I, also masked, thanked her

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The incredible impact of stories and media on children BY SYLVIA BINSFELD We live in a media-saturated world. We are kept busy wading through stacks of misinformation and unending dialogue—so

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Discover Wikki Stix with your grandkids this Christmas! If they’re new to you, it will be first-time fun for all of you! If you’ve watched Nemo, Frozen, and Boss Baby

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CLIMATE CHANGE 12 ways to make your retirement better for the planet (and your grandkids) BY HARRY R. MOODY AND STEVE VERNON Today’s pre-retirees and retirees face several financial challenges

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