• Grandparents and Teenagers

  By N/A - Grandparenting a teenager is very different from grandparenting a younger grandchild (Added: 6-Nov-2002 Hits: 823 )

• Helping Grandkids Through A Divorce

  By Eleanor Hamilton - Fifty years ago children could pretty well count on living with both parents until they were old enough to make a home for themselves. But marriages are not as stable as they once were. Today, in fact, only 17 percent of American families are composed of a mother, father and their children. At least half of all our children have to learn to adapt to two or more sets of parents. Even more often, they must do with only a single parent, usually the mother. (Added: 6-Nov-2002 Hits: 430 )

• Mistakes Grandparents Make

  By N/A - Mistakes are expected. They offer an opportunity for growth and learning. They must be acknowledged, discussed, and learned from. Doing this sets a great example. (Added: 6-Nov-2002 Hits: 520 )

• Troubled Grandchild

  By Sally Houtman, M.S. - Grandparents who are charged with raising their grandchildren already have enough on their minds without adding to the mix the inevitable onslaught of endless childhood demands and the agony of adolescent acting out. But let us not forget that children who are taken in by their grandparents have begun their life%u2019s journey in a deficit situation. Feeling abandoned and cast aside before they reach their grandparents%u2019 door, their defense systems are solidly in place at a very early age (Added: 6-Nov-2002 Hits: 545 )

• Connect With Your Grandchildren

  By Joanne Boeckman - "In real estate, they say the most important things are location, location, location. When people ask me what my most important tip for grandparenting is, I say it's listen, listen, listen." (Added: 6-Nov-2002 Hits: 575 )

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