My Four Fondest Wishes BY:  Almost everyone 65 or older Hello, my name is Almost Everyone, and I am 65 or older. Here are my Four Fondest Wishes  1.  In terms

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Grandparenting 101: The New Frontier BY RICHARD AND LINDA EYRE Today, Grandparenting is where Parenting was two generations ago.  Back then, “parenting” was hardly a word—and books or programs or ideas

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Trust Rules – Don’t Get Fooled Again! BY LINDA K. STROH, PH.D.  I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you             

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The Effects Of 2020 On Relationships BY KAREN L. RANCOURT  Ah, 2020 — a year that will be long remembered for its losses, challenges, disappointments, and surprises. I am particularly

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The key to successful parent-grandparent relationships in two words BY KAREN L. RANCOURT As my friend was introducing me to a friend of hers, she mentioned to him that I

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Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: Readers Share More of Their Ponies Dear readers, Five months ago many of you shared with me your “ponies in the poop.”  You may recollect that I

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What Grandparents Need To Know. Cookies for breakfast, staying up late, and maybe a little more TV than usual. For some families, what happens at grandma’s house stays at grandma’s

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BY CHERYL HARBOR We know what the ideal sibling relationship is: someone with whom you share a history and in cases of siblings born to the same parents, genetic material.

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Living a Life of Purpose: The Fountain of Youth BY BOB AND JUDITH WRIGHT How would you like to live a life of more happiness, more fulfillment, and more joy?

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“My Estrangement Makes Me Feel Like Such A Loser!”    By Joshua Coleman, PhD   Estrangement is not only hurtful to parents because of the loss of their child, but

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How well does your family get along? BY Bob and Judith Wright Do you ask yourself how well your family gets along? Do you say you feel “close,” but you’re

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I’ve Learned To Bite My Tongue And Now They See Me By Dr. Pat Hanson My heart just melted looking into the smiling wide brown eyes of my 18- month-old

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Struggling with estrangement? Try radical forgiveness for fractured relationships BY PAT HANSON, PH.D. Do you harbor a grievance or hold on to toxic energy about people, places, and institutions that

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By Ashley Hardway I grew up being very close to my maternal grandparents. My great-grandma was alive until I was twelve and we spent a couple days a week with

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Editor’s Note: From Oye! Times, we found this nice reminder of the importance of having grandparents in the lives of your children.   Written by Aaliya Imtiaz Grandparents are the head of family

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by Sue Gillespie (Grandma Sue) Victim thinking is a learned trait. It usually starts in childhood, but it can easily continue on and become a habit even if there is no

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By Jack Levine As we celebrate Thanksgiving, let’s remember that the holiday’s name is a compound word – Thanks and Giving. Each of us has much to be thankful for

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By Kathryn and Allan Zullo When we learned we were going to be grandparents for the first time, we experienced a slight moment of panic. What did we really know

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Although GRAND guest writer Christopher Gildemeister’s (Parents TV Council) review of the recently released film The Way was eloquently and accurately written, my review will highlight a few other germane

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