Becoming a Grandma Just Became a Harder Sell
It is hard to keep quiet at the wedding. We parents want to say something like, ‘so when can we expect to become a grandma,” but we say...
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Feb 14, 20142 min read
Who Knew Newborns Should be Getting Probiotics
This Grandma recently bought probiotics for my ninety year old mother-in-law. Who knew that newborns should also be getting probiotics....
Feb 11, 20142 min read
Left Hand Makes An “L”
Sometimes the old learning tricks that we grandmas learned as children are the best. I do not want to remember all the bunny ear tricks...
Feb 7, 20143 min read
Grandmas Come in All Different Varieties: Stop Judging
2014 seems to be the year of bashing in-law grandparents, and the year has just started. In the Miami Herald, January 11, 2014, Carolyn...
Feb 5, 20145 min read
A Grandma Who Needs Grandma Lessons
On January 10, 2014, Carolyn Hax’s column in the Miami Herald caught my attention, “MIL Disregards Mom’s Wishes.” Wow, does this Grandma...
Jan 31, 20143 min read
Multigenerational Families Living Together Again
The New York Times, December 15, 2013, had a lead article on”Multigenerational Families Living Together Again. Here is what the author,...
Jan 29, 20142 min read
How Grandma Gets Extra Hugs and Kisses
This Grandma must admit that I can hug and kiss each grandchild a lot longer than the grandchild wants to be hugged and kissed and...
Jan 25, 20143 min read
Grandma’s bag of “D” Tricks to Avoid Discipline
Sometimes it seems as if the parents of our grandchildren forget that we raised children. The new books with the new methods are what...
Jan 18, 20144 min read
Pudding in the Bathtub is a Toddler Learning Experience
In the New York Times, December 23, 2013 was an article entitled, “To Smoosh Peas Is to Learn,” by Perri Klass, Md. He says: In a study...
Jan 17, 20143 min read
Begin the New Year Without Guilt for the Working Parents of Our Grandchildren
I saw a young professional mother at work. She just came back to work after maternity leave and professed an additional stress—maternal...
Jan 15, 20142 min read
Savoring Life According to Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock was highlighted in the November 27, 2013 Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel newspaper for winning Entertainment Weekly’s 2013...
Jan 13, 20143 min read
Grandma’s View on Being Only As Happy As Our Unhappiest Child
Holiday season comes and everyone seems happy. The operative word is SEEMS. This Grandma reads every advice column and this season was...
Jan 11, 20143 min read
While I Still Have the Time
PBS American Masters had a television special on Marvin Hamlisch. If you have an opportunity to watch it, it is well worth your time. ...
Jan 9, 20147 min read
Boomer Weekend Warriors Prepare and Do Battle
This Grandma did not exercise at all until her fifties. I think of myself as lucky. Those who played tennis and skied in their youth are...
Jan 7, 20142 min read
Old is Younger Today
On the Today Show, Matt Lauer recently said age 60 is considered old according to a Pew Research Center study. The people running the...
Jan 2, 20146 min read
The 2014 Top Five Box Office Movie Winners For Grandchildren and Whether Grandchildren Should Actual
People Magazine, December 22, 2014, listed the top 10 box office winning movies for 2014. Most of them, if not all of them, seem to be...
Dec 29, 201315 min read
Most Fascinating and Intriguing People of 2013
Barbara Walter’s television special was about the ten most fascinating people of 2013. People magazine had a special edition of the25...
Dec 24, 20132 min read
”Kimye” As Barbara Walter’s People of the Year
The Sun Sentinel has a great column, “Late Night Humor,” reprinting late night television hosts’ best lines. December 12, 2013, Jay Leno...
Dec 22, 20134 min read
The Case for Hiring Household Cleaning Help
In the New York Times, Sunday ,December 8, 2013, was an opinion piece that could only have been written by a man. The title was, “ The...
Dec 18, 20132 min read
How Can Anyone Not Want Grandchildren
“How Can Anyone Not Want Grandchildren,” was the subject of an email that was passed on to me today (one of those string emails that...
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