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Grandparents and Health: Be Your Best So You Can Give Your Best

WebOur website is at grandparentbenefits.org, and you’ll find lots of helpful information there. You can also call (800) 643-7554 and we have specialists to assist …

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Great-Grandparents Still Have Important Work to Do

WebThat was eight years ago. Gerry says it has worked out “fairly well” raising his great-grandson. Those early years found him helping to care for an infant, which he …

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Pursuing Healthy Relationships with Grandchildren

WebIt’s an easy, quick and direct means to communicate with your grandchild once they have a phone. Emailing allows for longer, more specific messages. Yes, …

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4 Qualities of Hopeful Grandparents GrandkidsMatter

WebMany of my recent thoughts about being a grandparent have returned to the idea of instilling hope in my grandkids. It’s one of the most necessary preventive qualities …

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Grandparenting Grandsons

WebGrandkids are better off when they have grandparents in their lives, and so the older generation needs the health & energy to keep up with the younger one.

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5 Qualities of a Grandparent’s Example GrandkidsMatter

WebWhen it comes to being an example, the old saying is true: deeds are more important than creeds. In addition, many of the other virtues mentioned about …

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Grandparenting Today GrandkidsMatter

WebGrandparenting narratives are unique and filled with richness. However, in many families the grandparenting role is challenging.There are grandparents raising …

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Write Notes to Your Grandchild’s Team GrandkidsMatter

WebI recently had a close family member who was struggling with a very difficult health issue. I wrote a note to Coach Snyder and explained the situation, then asked if …

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Grandparenting Granddaughters

WebGrandkids are better off when they have grandparents in their lives, and so the older generation needs the health & energy to keep up with the younger one. Read More. 1. 2. …

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Ken Canfield, PhD, Author at GrandkidsMatter

Web24. Dr. Ken Canfield is founder of the National Association of Grandparenting, a research scholar and author of numerous books, including The …

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So You’re Going to Be a Grandparent GrandkidsMatter

WebYou can find courage, wisdom, and love beyond what was thought possible in these special circumstances. A grandchild is a new life, a new beginning, a new hope. …

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Grandkids Make Us Happy, Keep Us Young at Heart

WebI’m 60, I believe I’m quite fit for my age and very energetic, but not enough to keep up with my five-year-old. The joy is when he says, “Grandma, let’s play soccer,” or, …

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Our Vision, Mission and Responsibility as Grandparents

WebFamilies can be strengthened and restored when grandparents step up and offer their wisdom, experience, and unconditional love. Children can be healed, nurtured, …

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Speak Blessings to Your Grandkids GrandkidsMatter

WebGrandparents, we need to speak blessings, prayers and affirmations over our grandkids regarding their character, their gifts, and their future. Positive encouragement …

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Spoiling: The Good & the Bad GrandkidsMatter

WebThe idea of spoiling grandchildren has different meanings for different people. I think we all agree that there’s unhealthy spoiling, where grandparents seem to lose …

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2 Rules for Giving Advice to Our Grandkids’ Parents

WebSo, here are two important “rules” for how to deal with our own ideas about their parenting: 1. Wait for the parents to ask for advice. We need to give our adult …

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“How will COVID-19 change me

WebCOVID-19 has touched all of us and the world will never be the same. I can’t speak for how it will change health care, politics, or society, but I can look inside myself …

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Hope for Estranged Grandparents GrandkidsMatter

WebThe goal is to find a positive way to move forward in the meantime. Be the person God has called you to be in every other area of your life. As hard as your …

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