Grandparents are in a strategic position to make significant contributions to our grandkids’ emotional strength. Here are 3 key ways.
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.
Capture Your Life Story to Build & Share Your Heritage
Heritage is an important building block in our grandparenting, and it’s vital that we pass that treasure on to future generations.
Grandparents Day: Making Your Role Count
Grandparents: you have never been more vital to your grandchildren — for your wisdom, your presence, your encouragement, your love.
Learning and Growing Together with Our Grandkids
The learning process (even at our age) is a wonderful opportunity to share life and make meaningful contributions to our grandchildren.
The Power of Listening to Your Grandkids
Active listening can strengthen your relationships with your grandchildren, and help them grow and mature.
Back to School: Join Your Grandkids However You Can
If we want to engage our grandkids in areas that matter to them, their education is a great way to plug in—and we have several great options.
Grandparents: Our Stories Build Bridges Between Generations
Storytelling brings us unique opportunities to influence and connect with our grandkids–it gives them a sense of belonging and connection.
Grandparents: Be a Source of Comfort in Trying Times
Recent events might have us asking, What’s this world coming to? But we can play a positive role in building up and preparing our grandkids.
Competing with the “Other” Grandparents
Jay Payleitner: Be grateful for all the positive role models in your grandkids’ lives, especially other grandparents.
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Cultivating Leadership in Our Grandchildren: 2 Keys
Grandparents can play a crucial role in shaping grandchildren as leaders. We can foster 2 key qualities through personal experiences & guidance.
Meeting Our Grandkids’ Emotional Needs
Grandparents are in a strategic position to make significant contributions to our grandkids’ emotional strength. Here are 3 key ways.
Learning and Growing Together with Our Grandkids
The learning process (even at our age) is a wonderful opportunity to share life and make meaningful contributions to our grandchildren.
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.
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.
LONG-DISTANCE GRANDPARENTING
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.
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.
