GRANDCHILDREN

Apr 29, 20223 min read

Our Teenage Granddaughter’s Award Winning Poem Brought Back the Reality that Being a Teenager is Hard Anytime,Harder During A Global Pandemic & We Grandparents Can Make It Easier Now and in the Future

During the COVID-19 coronavirus lock down period in March and April, 2020, I interviewed our older grandchildren, two aged 13 and one...

The Three Craft Toys That Grandparents Should Beware of Allowing Grandchildren To Play With At Their Homes

Feb 5, 20226 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

The Three Craft Toys That Grandparents Should Beware of Allowing Grandchildren To Play With At Their Homes

This Grandma has given many cooking and baking tips for grandparents doing so with grandchildren, including cleaning tips, covering...

The Best Acknowledgments From Grandchildren When Grandparents Give Them Gifts and 2021 Ideas For Charitable Giving By Grandchildren

Dec 18, 20215 min read

TOYS AND GIFTS

The Best Acknowledgments From Grandchildren When Grandparents Give Them Gifts and 2021 Ideas For Charitable Giving By Grandchildren

Eight years ago, January 27, 2013, I wrote a blog post about thank you notes from grandchildren which was then a topic on the Today Show...

PART TWO of Learning Tips to Pass On and Incorporate With Your Grandchildren During Remote or Part Time Learning and Any Time

Sep 2, 20208 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

PART TWO of Learning Tips to Pass On and Incorporate With Your Grandchildren During Remote or Part Time Learning and Any Time

At this time of remote or part time learning, we are all concerned about how much our grandchildren are going to retain. I hope the two...

PART ONE of Learning Tips to Pass Along and Incorporate With Your Grandchildren During Remote On Lin

Aug 26, 20207 min read

GRANDMA TIPS

PART ONE of Learning Tips to Pass Along and Incorporate With Your Grandchildren During Remote On Lin

At this time of remote or part time learning, we are all concerned about how much our grandchildren are going to retain. I hope the two...

Grandma’s List of Five Best and Five Worst Toddler Toys and Gifts

Jun 10, 20205 min read

GRANDMA TIPS

Grandma’s List of Five Best and Five Worst Toddler Toys and Gifts

After six grandchildren and many toddler gifts, this Grandma has listened to her daughters and daughter-in-law rave and complain about...

The Three Best Tips on How to Introduce Our Grandchildren to Sesame Streets’ Breakthroughs, As Relevant Today As They Were Fifty Years Ago

Dec 25, 20195 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

The Three Best Tips on How to Introduce Our Grandchildren to Sesame Streets’ Breakthroughs, As Relevant Today As They Were Fifty Years Ago

Sesame Street is 50 years old! For us Boomer grandparents, that means that our children were the first to experience Sesame Street. The...

Matching Books and Organic Sleepwear For Sizes Two to Ten Make the Best Holiday Gift for 2019

Nov 27, 20193 min read

GRANDMA TIPS

Matching Books and Organic Sleepwear For Sizes Two to Ten Make the Best Holiday Gift for 2019

There are certain websites that I have signed up with, usually because they relate to something dealing with grandchildren. Hatley is...

The “Game Of Life” Has Changed Drastically Even For Our Early Elementary Grandchildren With More Choices Than We Boomer Grandparents Ever Imagined

Oct 2, 20194 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

The “Game Of Life” Has Changed Drastically Even For Our Early Elementary Grandchildren With More Choices Than We Boomer Grandparents Ever Imagined

The 50th Anniversary of “The Game Of Life” is considered the classic edition. The original game came out in 1960, when this Grandma was...

A Spiritual Leader’s Recollected Life Lesson to Share with Grandchildren

Sep 11, 20192 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

A Spiritual Leader’s Recollected Life Lesson to Share with Grandchildren

The Catholic Priest gave this homily* at the funeral of a dear friend recently. As he spoke, I recalled that I had heard this life...

Best Products and Tips New And Wonderful From the Mother of Her Third Child, Our Youngest Grandchild

May 22, 20193 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

Best Products and Tips New And Wonderful From the Mother of Her Third Child, Our Youngest Grandchild

This Grandma forgot the overwhelming joy a baby can bring to a family. After all, our youngest baby boy grandchild has brothers seven and...

Petting Zoo Animals Can Transmit Highly Virulent Drug Resistant Bacteria to Children and Best Tips i

May 2, 20193 min read

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Petting Zoo Animals Can Transmit Highly Virulent Drug Resistant Bacteria to Children and Best Tips i

That petting zoo animals can transmit highly virulent drug resistant bacteria to children is not what this Grandma wanted to read on...

Baby Teeth to Adult Molars Information By Chart For Grandparents

Feb 20, 20193 min read

GRANDMA TIPS

Baby Teeth to Adult Molars Information By Chart For Grandparents

With two baby grandchildren approaching a year old, we love the toothy smile of one and the incoming sharp little stubs of another. Yes,...

How We Grandparents Can Share What Our Grandchildren Will Never Know Otherwise Part 1: Reading and Writing Cursive Is No Longer Taught to Our Grandchildren

Feb 6, 20197 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

How We Grandparents Can Share What Our Grandchildren Will Never Know Otherwise Part 1: Reading and Writing Cursive Is No Longer Taught to Our Grandchildren

When this Grandma was a child, I remember hearing about how some would mark their signature with an X because they could not read or...

Five New Important Facts About Breast Milk That May Make Everyone A Believer Who Were Not Convinced

Jan 31, 20193 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

Five New Important Facts About Breast Milk That May Make Everyone A Believer Who Were Not Convinced

This Grandma has written several posts about breastfeeding over the years, most saying that it should be a choice, nor guilting or...

The Best New Teethers and Pacifiers and New Study That Parents SHOULD Suck on Them To Clean Them

Jan 24, 20196 min read

TOYS AND GIFTS

The Best New Teethers and Pacifiers and New Study That Parents SHOULD Suck on Them To Clean Them

One of the worst parts of the baby using teethers or pacifiers is when they land on the floor and there is nothing handy but one’s mouth...

The Lessons This Grandma learned from Watching Parents Walk With and Engage Their Babies, Toddlers,

Nov 1, 20185 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

The Lessons This Grandma learned from Watching Parents Walk With and Engage Their Babies, Toddlers,

Spending a month in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, I was surprised to see so many strollers and so few tourists. This is clearly New York...

Six Ways To Celebrate 2018 Earth Day and Earth Month With Grandchildren

Apr 20, 20183 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

Six Ways To Celebrate 2018 Earth Day and Earth Month With Grandchildren

On April 22 each year since 1970, we celebrate Earth Day, a day to appreciate and be aware of our environment and the Earth. Earth Day...

Poop Should Not Be A Toy and We Grandparents Should Say Phooey to Poop Toys

Mar 20, 20183 min read

GRANDMA ON LIFE

Poop Should Not Be A Toy and We Grandparents Should Say Phooey to Poop Toys

The article, “Toy Fair is Flush with Poo-inspired Games and Trinkets,” in the Washington Post February 24, 2018, by Mark Lennihan, has...

Put The Lion King on Your Radar Screen: The Large Screen, the Small Screen and On the Stage

Mar 2, 20183 min read

GRANDCHILDREN

Put The Lion King on Your Radar Screen: The Large Screen, the Small Screen and On the Stage

“The Lion King” live stage musical is the most successful production of any work in any media in entertainment, and it deserves to be. ...