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National Grandparenting

The toddler/hobbit connection

Toddler anatomy differs from other anatomies, like adults and marsupials. Because their center of gravity is so low to the ground, Toddlers...
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Word to your mother

Our adult children are generally like people who work at the same office with us. We see them on a regular basis and we might even have lunch with...
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Grandparenting and other aberrations of nature

Labor can be eerily similar to being a Christian during Roman times and being thrown to the lions. Except you don’t even start out with any...
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Grandparents: More care of grandchildren, more giving to grandchildren, less advice

With the arrival of Grandparents' Day tomorrow and with more and more Baby Boomers becoming grandparents, here are a few items to consider:...
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Baby Boomers ponder move from parenthood to grandparenthood

This isn't your parents' Grandparents Day. As Baby Boomers age and become grandparents themselves, Grandparents Day, which is Sunday, is taking on...
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A Baby Boomer's alternative to grandma and grandpa

Sanoma? Napa? Rocky? Would you respond to one of those names if your grandchildren were to call you that? Or would you prefer the old stand-by:...
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Baby Boomer numbers growing as grandparents

A growing number of today's grandparents are Baby Boomers and are more financially secure than in generations past, according to a first-of-its...
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Mom harvests sperm to become grandmom

As Baby Boomers who watch our nests empty there is a natural expectation that at some point -- maybe sooner than later -- we'll be grandparents. It...
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Gramps, Gran? Sorry, no one here by that name

Our examination this week of Grandmother-in-chief Marian Robinson begs the question for Baby Boomers: When the time comes, what will your...
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