Be prepared for these three challenges when grandchildren are in your care
Grandparenting
When you compete for your grandkids’ love, nobody wins
A refresher on kids’ ages and stages.
Participating in caring for grandkids is a gift and a privilege. With careful planning, it represents an unprecedented opportunity to make a lasting, positive impression in their lives.
Together with your kids’ grandparents, talk about how they might support your role as a parent and how they can be involved with your kids’ lives.
Some mothers coparent their kids with their own mothers. Through cooperation, these women can encourage healthy development in their children and grandchildren.
Making gifts for our extended family has created even more meaningful relationships.
Creative grandparents play several roles. They are historians, mentors and role models, all of which are significant and important as grandparents seek to love and nurture a new generation.
Teach your children why it’s important to serve the elderly, even if those served can’t remember who the children are.
God loves our grandchildren and has a wonderful purpose for their lives. Here is one way we help them understand how valuable they are to us.
As a gift to my oldest grandson on his 14th birthday, I decided to take him on a trip. The mission was twofold: to spend important bonding time with him and to begin transferring the family mantle.
Snail mail is a thing of the past. If you want to keep long-distance communication with your grandkids alive, think about learning the basics of online chat.
If a grandparent and grandchild want to remain connected, they have to find creative ways to carry on their relationship across the miles, but it can be done successfully.
Simple ideas for staying in touch.
They can make it a personal journal or one for friends or family members, jotting down experiences, adventures or notes about whatever they’re interested in.
Part of the Grandparenting Series Grandparenting Creative Journal Writing With Grandkids Fun Online Communication With Grandkids Grandma Camp Grandparenting Across the Miles Long-Distance Grandparenting Short Getaways With Grandkids Series About: Life Transitions Do you ever feel tongue-tied around young people, completely unable to relate to the teenagers and college students of today? Do you shake …
