National Toy Hall of Fame Winners and Runners Up Add to the Best Holiday Presents 2016 for All Ages
There is an actual National Toy Hall of Fame in Rochester, New York. Each year, since1998, “toys that have inspired creative play and...
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Nov 17, 20163 min read
How Many Visits To Grandma Are Too Many
It has taken this Grandma a while to ponder “Judge John Hodgman on Too Many Trips to Ohio With Your Baby,” originally published in the...
Nov 12, 20162 min read
The Ten Happiest Songs On Earth List Shows It Depends On Who is Choosing the Happiest Song
I watch the Today Show each weekday morning and when this Grandma saw there was a study done on the ten happiest songs on earth, it...
Nov 9, 20163 min read
Why and How to Introduce Art Masterpieces and Famous Artists to Grandchildren Through Children’s Books
This Grandma has written about Brad Meltzer and his series of children’s books, including one on Leonardo da Vinci.* His series of...
Nov 4, 20164 min read
Sometimes Double Proof is Better to Show Grandpa that “Happy Wife, Happy Life” Is Always the Way to
Sometimes this Grandma holds on to a post idea about a study for years. Sometimes, the post idea about a study eventually seems...
Oct 29, 20168 min read
Yiddish Words That Will Serve You well In Life and ToTranscend Generations From the Past to the Future
This Grandma, born in a displaced person’s camp in Germany, knew the power of the Yiddish language from the phrases my parents used and...
Oct 27, 20166 min read
What Grandmas Know About Babies Sleeping Through The Night Predates the Studies and Shows The Value
There is no better teacher than experience when it comes to babies and sleeping through the night. Grandmas have the edge over the...
Oct 20, 20165 min read
How Long Can We Go: The Definition of Aging Other Than the Passage of Years And Our “Health Span
This Grandma is compulsive about much, and reading as many articles about studies on aging is one of those compulsions that seems to grow...
Oct 13, 20164 min read
Winnie the Pooh is “Young Old” and New Again at Age 90 and It’sTime to Introduce him to Our Grandc
This Grandma has decided that we of the Boomer generation will remain “young old,” vibrant and active, at age 90. Our parents’...
Oct 7, 20164 min read
Halloween 2016: Continuing Rituals and Traditions and New Rages
One of this Grandma’s mantras is to create rituals and traditions with grandchildren because that is what they will remember from their...
Oct 4, 20163 min read
That Intelligence Comes From the Mother’s Side Is New Science But We Grandparents Can Contribute With Encouragement, Stimulation and Nourishment in the Grandchildren’s Environment
Both of our son-in-laws have jokingly commented at different points in time that they selected the mothers of their children, our...
Sep 28, 20164 min read
Buy A Boy Doll for your Grandson. . . and Your Granddaughter and Mix It Up More
When our eldest grandson was a toddler, this Grandma immediately bought him a boy doll and a stroller, in blue of course. It was hard to...
Sep 22, 20163 min read
Is For Profit “Day Care” in Boomer Grandparents’ Future And For Whose Benefit
This Grandma thinks about today and being “young old.” As GG (great-grandmother) at almost age 93 lives alone and is self sufficient,...
Sep 20, 20164 min read
Why Real Books Are Best For Us and Our Grandchildren and How to Select Books With Our Grandchildren
We grandmas know that it is important to read to children, and it is an activity that both of us can enjoy together. Our grandchildren...
Sep 19, 20163 min read
“Young Old,” Wiser, Happier and More From Which Those Not As Fortunate in Years Can Learn
I never in a million years could imagine it could be. In younger years, I could not imagine reaching age 70. In younger years, I thought...
Sep 13, 20164 min read
How to Teach Grandchildren Our “Name Game” Rhyming Song Game From Baby to Teenager
One of the first songs this Grandma began singing to grandchildren, as soon as they connected faces with names and could call each person...
Sep 8, 20162 min read
When A Boomer Grandparent Becomes An Orphan
With tears in my own eyes, this Grandma just heard of the death, minutes ago, of a long (we never say old) dear friend’s mother. She was...
Sep 6, 20165 min read
The Texting Generation Versus the Telephone Generation, Both of Whom Are the Parents of Our Grandchildren, And Who Knows What the Future Communication Will Be
This Boomer Grandma has been contemplating lately, having lived almost 70 years, how technology and communication have changed and...
Sep 1, 20166 min read
Teeth and Dental Health Is In the News and the Best Good News is Less Dentist Drilling Is In All of Our Futures, Especially Grandchildren
One of this Grandma’s favorite gifts to buy the grandchildren is a new battery operated toothbrush. We adults know that we should...
Aug 18, 20164 min read
Dirt, Nuts, Bad Hygiene and Habits Such As Nail Biting and Thumb Sucking May Have A Benefit After All
Whenever a parent of a grandchild is worried about something the grandchild is or is not doing, such as sleeping through the night, or...
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