“Back to Brooklyn” with Barbra Streisand
The opening song Barbra Streisand sang in her television special, “Back to Brooklyn” reminded me that my first home in America was in...
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Dec 7, 20138 min read
”Delivery Man” of the New Extended Family
At a cocktail party recently, the movie, “Delivery Man,” with Vince Vaughn, was the topic of discussion. The premise is that a man, in...
Dec 5, 20132 min read
Downsizing is More Expensive Than you Think
Grandpa and I were really among the first. We thought about downsizing before we were eligible for AARP (for the youngsters reading this...
Dec 3, 20134 min read
On Sharing Grandma’s Views on Spanking
We always knew it. Spanking a child does no good. It is usually done when a parent is angry and is a wrong teaching moment. Now we...
Nov 29, 20133 min read
Grandma Uses Her Fingers for Little Grandchildren
This Grandma learned a finger play song when she was a day camp counselor for four and five year old boys. Aha! I should have...
Nov 27, 20132 min read
The Grandma in South Florida
It is November. The television newscaster just said, “No coats needed today,” and went to pictures of areas of the country with snow,...
Nov 22, 20133 min read
Adam Levine, Sexiest Man Alive 2013
Adam Levine has been named sexiest man alive 2013 by People Magazine. Of course, the sexiest man alive has to be a celebrity. We revere...
Nov 20, 20132 min read
Singing to the Womb
This Grandma just finished reading about the last issue of the moment, that pregnant women did not like people who thought they could...
Nov 16, 20135 min read
Of First Born Children and First Born Grandchildren: Benefits of Loving The First the Longest
When I heard about a new study on first born children on the Today Show, October 22, 2013, my first thought was to wonder if it applies...
Nov 10, 20135 min read
Grandma’s View on Staying Together for the Children
Carolyn Hax, in “Feeling Distance in the Marriage but Sticking it out for the Kids,” October 18, 2013, in the Miami Herald, gave one of...
Nov 8, 20132 min read
Adult Wipes A “Flushing” Discussion
It just never occurred to this Grandma, even after four grandchildren and ten years’ grandma experience. I never thought of the idea to...
Nov 6, 20133 min read
Grandma’s “Signature” Song Begins a Beautiful Day
Grandpa always speaks of the song his grandfather sang to him, “You are My Sunshine,” with fond memories of his family history, this...
Nov 3, 20137 min read
“Gray” Divorcees and Boomer Grandparents
In the New York Times, September 22, 2013, author Sam Roberts writes an article entitled, Divorce After 50 Grows More Common. He says:...
Nov 2, 20133 min read
Grandma Argues With the “New” Experts About Arguing in Front of Children
In the Wall Street Journal, September 23, 2013, was an article by Andrea Peterson, titled, “The Family That Fights Together: New...
Oct 30, 20132 min read
Long Distance Grandparents Combining Holidays for Double Joy: Thanksgiving and Christmas or Chanukah
A long friend lamented that she was going to see her young (fourteen months granddaughter and four month grandson—yes, her son and...
Oct 19, 20132 min read
Cole Haan Gets Grandma
This Grandma opened the cover of the September 23, 2013 New York Magazine and got hit with a picture on the left of a model with the...
Oct 17, 20133 min read
A Modern Day College Educated Nanny
This Grandma finds that the parents of my grandchildren, and many of the children of the grandmas she knows, fit the profile of the...
Oct 11, 20136 min read
What does what Teenagers are Doing Have to Do with Grandma?
As I was wondering why my brother would send me and the parents of our grandchildren all under ten years old, an article entitled,...
Oct 9, 20133 min read
Of Frank Sinatra and Justin Timberlake
Anything with multigenerational in the title catches my eye, and the hook of “The Enduring, Multigenerational Appeal of Justin...
Oct 3, 20133 min read
The Grandma Dilemma of Definition of Grandchildren: Children’s Relationships with Partners Who Have Children
September 4, 2013, in the Miami Herald, Carolyn Hax, answered a question about grandparenting common in our era, “Grandma Struggling with...
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