Connect with your grandkids no matter the distance. Use video calls, thoughtful gifts, apps and activities to maintain a close bond.
Connecting hearts,
Uniting generations
At the National Association for Grandparenting, we seek to validate and empower grandparents as they bond with future generations in meaningful ways and leave a lasting positive legacy.
One Way to Unleash Grandchildren’s Imaginations
Create a DIY art corner for your grandkids or find a similar way to spark their creativity and hands on learning while also strengthening your bond.
Grandparents: Step Up with Purpose, Presence and Love
As grandparents, we can step up to support our grandchildren through the challenges of life—being involved, creating safety, and modeling integrity.
Peacemaking Grandparents: As Far as It Depends on Us
Grandparents can become powerful family peacemakers. Learn practical ways to foster reconciliation, understanding, and lasting harmony.
Red, White & Grandkids: July 4th Connections from Near or Far
We grandparents can teach our grandkids the significance of freedom and why we shouldn’t take it for granted.
Beyond the Likes: Grandparents, Social Media, and Real Connections
Social media is a tool for grandparents to handle with wisdom, balancing it with meaningful, real-life connections with grandkids and others.
A Grandparent’s Secret Weapon: Teamwork with Others
As grandparents, we can build a strong support network by teaming up with parents, teachers, and mentors to foster our grandchildren’s success.
More Than a Grandpa: A Father’s Day Tribute
Celebrate the special bond between grandpas & grandkids in this heartfelt Father’s Day tribute, honoring the love, patience, and life lessons grandfathers bring.
The Life-Altering Power of Grandchildren
It’s incredible how grandchildren can transform their grandparents’ lives – often inspiring healthier habits, personal growth, and stronger family bonds.
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Grandparents: Step Up with Purpose, Presence and Love
As grandparents, we can step up to support our grandchildren through the challenges of life—being involved, creating safety, and modeling integrity.
Peacemaking Grandparents: As Far as It Depends on Us
Grandparents can become powerful family peacemakers. Learn practical ways to foster reconciliation, understanding, and lasting harmony.
A Grandparent’s Secret Weapon: Teamwork with Others
As grandparents, we can build a strong support network by teaming up with parents, teachers, and mentors to foster our grandchildren’s success.
ESTRANGED GRANDPARENTS
3 Ways to Be a Persevering Grandparent
Grandchildren commonly remember strength and endurance in their grandparents. Here are three thoughts to help you stay positive through difficulties.
3 Things to Remember when Grandparenting is Hard
It isn’t about being perfect, but rather making the most of our opportunities and persevering through the adversities.
Estranged Grandparents: Stay Open to Reconciliation
Even in extreme cases, keep yourself open to reconciliation. You may never have that “ideal” relationship with your children and grandchildren, but it can get better. Here's why. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSIse2bi-KM[/embedyt]
LONG-DISTANCE GRANDPARENTING
When Grandparenting Doesn’t Go the Way You Wanted
NANA’S HOUSE by Teresa Kindred: What can we do when life’s challenges and circumstances keep us from spending time with our grandchildren?
5 Holiday Tips for Connecting with Long-Distance Grandkids
From Kerry Byrne, PhD: Even from a distance, there are numerous ways to engage your grandchildren over the holidays … and beyond.
Some Good Things About Distance Between You & Your Grandkids
That special relationship depends on some distance and puts grandparents in a key position to influence their grandkids.
