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Grandparents: We Need Each Other

Posted by Ken Canfield, PhD | Oct 28, 2020 | Healthy Relationships | 0 |

One often-overlooked resource to help you be the best grandparent you can be is a sense of community. It’s a great benefit to know you’re not alone.

Grandparents: In It for the Long Run

Posted by Ken Canfield, PhD | Oct 21, 2020 | Grandchildren, Healthy Relationships | 0 |

There’s no “quick fix” when it comes to bonding with our grandkids. It takes time, and that’s okay because we grandparents are in it for the long run.

Simple Time with Grandkids

Posted by Ken Canfield, PhD | Oct 8, 2020 | Grandchildren, Healthy Relationships | 0 |

Usually it doesn’t take anything complicated or extravagant to bond with our grandkids and experience joy along with it.

Grandparents: You Are Teachers

Posted by Ken Canfield, PhD | Sep 3, 2020 | Education, Teaching | 0 |

The teaching role may be one of important roles grandparents play—maybe the most important. To think of yourself as less than a teacher might mean missing out on a great grandparenting privilege.

How the Pandemic Has Changed Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships

Posted by Ken Canfield, PhD | Aug 19, 2020 | Ask the Experts, Grandchildren, Grandparenting Challenges, Healthy Relationships, Research | 0 |

Some significant insights about how the pandemic has changed grandparents’ relationships with their grandchildren — from our recent survey on grandparents and the pandemic.