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...
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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...
Aug 30, 20165 min read
Old is New Again with Baby Names and Go Beyond the Past of Loving Grandparents to Gender Neutrality
A long (we never say old) dear grandfather friend recently told me that his newest grandson was born and named for a grandfather of the...
Aug 9, 20163 min read
Grandparents As the Joyful Transition to and from Sleep Away Camp as a Continuation Of Such Assistance to Parents From the Birth of the Baby Grandchild
This Grandma remembers being the first transition person, the first “overnight” for parents of our first grandchild to be away from their...
Jul 28, 20165 min read
The Right Way to Bribe Kids to Read” Is Wrong
One of this Grandma’s mantras is that each family is unique and there is no right way or one way to raise kids. The grandchildren will...
Jul 26, 20162 min read
Is G-Date, Grandparent Date, the Dating Service Misnamed
The Hebrew Nursing Home in Riverdale, New York, is in the news. The New York Times, July 12, 2016, reporting on it, in “Too Old For Sex:...
Jul 7, 20163 min read
Words We Use To Describe Ourselves and Others May Impact How Our Grandchildren Respect Those of Long
When I was in my 20’s, a slightly older friend rankled when this Grandma mentioned that I was getting together with “the girls.” She...
Jun 23, 20162 min read
Think Sooner Rather Than Later in Fulfilling Passions and Bucket Lists
This past Spring month or so has been a difficult one for deaths of those we know or of whom we know in their sixties, even fifties and...
Jun 10, 20162 min read
Boomer Grandma As A Member of a Squad is New Terminology We Must Know and Use
This Grandma took the time to learn “the whip” and the “nae, nae,” the new dances that our preteen and teenaged grandchildren are doing. ...
Apr 15, 20165 min read
Despite the Science Behind “The Five Second Rule” As To Whether or Not To Eat Food Dropped Five Seconds Or Less, This Grandma Finds It Depends on Whether It is the First Child Or Not
The Today Show on March 29, 2016 recycled a story reported on in 2014 about a study done by Aston University that there may be some...
Apr 12, 20164 min read
Yoga For Grandchildren Should Start Young With Benefits Forever
This Grandma is a twenty year yogi. The mind, body, and spirit is all combined in a package that has kept me forever young, strong, and...
Mar 22, 20163 min read
Grandma’s Win-Win For Every Generation With Adult Relationship Building Trips With the Help of Conde
One of this Grandma’s mantras is that life interferes with adult relationships and maintenance of intimacy is imperative to a good...
Mar 8, 20165 min read
Sharing What Works In Life and Leadership From A National Leader to Share With Grandchildren
A dear friend sent me a list of twelve rules says that she called an “Inspirational Message.” She attributed these to General Colin...
Feb 23, 20165 min read
Our Grandchildren Will Grow Up Just Fine Even Though We Are Not Raising Them, Even In Today’s Society When the Parents May Or May Not Be Married
A brand-new grandpa came up to me to show me the pictures of his new granddaughter. He was beaming just like all new grandparents. He...
Feb 16, 20163 min read
A Life Well Lived and What We Can Learn When We Boomer Grandmas Start Reading Obituaries
This Grandma cannot remember when I started reading obituaries, but it seems that the obituary page is one that now catches my eye. Oh...
Feb 2, 20164 min read
The Number of the First Baby Boomers Turning 70 in 2016 is Mindboggling and So Are The Changes We Faced and Face Today
So many of my Boomer grandma friends refuse to read the AARP Bulletin. I find it fascinating and the information helpful to my life....
Jan 29, 20163 min read
Taking a Selfie Is An Art To Boomer Grandma and Grandpa and Take Heed Before Your Grandchild Needs One of You
Our grandchildren take selfies every time we are with them. We find the grandchildren have used them to create wallpaper on our various...
Jan 27, 20164 min read
Baby Carrots Are the Best Junk Food For Grandchildren and Not What We Think They Are
This Grandma has to admit that she believed that perfectly good large carrots out of the ground were whittled down to make the tiny baby...
Sep 14, 20156 min read
Eight Tips of What to Do or Not Do When You Want to be a Grandma but the Future Parents to be Are Not Cooperating
This Grandma writes often about our generation not being our parents’ generation. I speak of it about the way we think, the way we act,...
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