This summer, we can find simple ways to have fun with our grandkids, strengthen bonds, and maybe even encourage creativity and learning.
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.
What’s Great About Grandfathers
At Father’s Day, we recognize grandfathers for the many ways they make a difference, including three that might be less obvious.
Grandparenting with Grace During Conflicts Between Children and Grandchildren
It can be awkward when a grandchild is being defiant to his parent when you’re around. Here are 3 suggestions for handling it positively.
Summer Grandparenting: Have a Cousins’ Weekend
Grandparents: pick a time and gather the grandchildren together for a cousins’ weekend. It’s a great idea with some real benefits.
Loving Grandkids: What We Were Designed For
Parents have a lot on their plates and can’t always take time to just enjoy their kids. That’s one more good reason God made grandparents.
What’s Great About Grandmothers
As we celebrate Mother’s Day, here are three great things about grandmothers that are likely to describe you.
Teaching Our Grandkids to Be Discerning
Our grandchildren need the benefit of our experience and wisdom as they consider options and think through consequences of their choices.
Use Your Hobby to Connect with Your Grandkids
Do things that help keep you young, bring joy to life, and make you “you.” And find ways to invite your grandkids into the experience.
3 Ways to Bring Fun to Your Grandkids’ Lives
It’s about much more than knowing riddles and funny stories. Let’s adopt a mindset and make a commitment to bring fun to our grandkids’ lives.
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Ask The Expert
2 Lessons I Learned While Staying with My Grandkids
An extended stay with five grandkids opened Dr. Ken’s eyes to the challenges of parenting and the reality of his grandchildren’s world.
A Word for Grandparents in the New Year: Hope
We can beam spoken and unspoken messages of hope that will help us build up our grandkids and will truly make a difference in their lives.
12 Gifts I Received from My Grandkids
A recent 11-day stay with three of his grandkids left Dr. Ken Canfield exhausted … and reflecting on the good things that resulted.
ESTRANGED GRANDPARENTS
4 Qualities of Hopeful Grandparents
We can’t guarantee their future will be a certain way, but it’s even better to bestow huge amounts of hope on our grandkids, because that will carry them through whatever the future may bring.
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.
LONG-DISTANCE GRANDPARENTING
When Your Grandchildren Are Far Away
Nana’s House by Teresa Kindred: I know grandmothers who connect with their grandchildren via FaceTime and make the best of it, but it’s very challenging for them.
Reentry Notes for Grandparents
After social distancing, reentry into the lives of our grandchildren is situational. Each family has a different set of risk tolerances and levels of concern.
7 Ways Grandparents Can Stay Positive While Quarantined
Now that I’m staying home more, I’m finding different ways to use my time. I find that if I stay busy, I’m in a much better mood than if I have too much idle time on my hands, especially since I’m not able to see my grandchildren except on the computer.
