“We didn’t expect to be raising our grandchild” are words more and more people are saying today. Encouragement from Dr. Ken Canfield.
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.
Video: Grandparents Sharing Our Wisdom & Faith
Dr. Ken Canfield talks about the two words grandparents need to embrace when it comes to offering advice to grandkids’ parents.
Speak Blessings to Your Grandkids
One of the great privileges of our role as grandparents is to bless our grandchildren through our words. Nancy is a devoted grandma …
Grand Rules to Help Us Connect with Our Grandkids
These rules are meant to be set up like a fence, each one connecting to the others and forming an enclosure to keep out the negative influences in relationships. Each one adds to the others and makes the whole stronger.
Video: Reminders for Grandparents During the Pandemic
Dr. Ken Canfield with some practical ways to stay connected to your grandkids as we continue through this pandemic.
3 Ways to Build Your Family History
Passing on a strong heritage is critical to fulfilling our role as grandparents, and our family history is a big part of that.
Your Marriage Can Be Important for Your Grandkids
The example you set and the impressions you create as a couple can be very powerful and lasting for your grandkids.
5 Ways to Be Your Grandchild’s Valentine
Maybe this is an opportunity to be unique and creative. What does your love for your grandchild prompt you to do?
Sophie’s Leap: A Grandparenting Story
by Peter Lewis – How a grandfather and granddaughter turned an afternoon at the lake into a life-lesson on courage.
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Ask The Expert
Should You Move Closer to Your Grandkids?
There are good reasons to move closer to the grandkids, but sometimes there are equally good reasons not to. Every situation is unique …
7 Timeless Pearls Of Wisdom From Grandparents
Words of wisdom from grandparents to their grandchildren, all given with the love that only a grandparent can give. Have anything to add? If so leave us a comment on our Grands Matter Facebook page. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrRRy7f67v4[/embedyt]
Grandparents: The Power to Change Lives
by Judd Swihart Beth was a teenager trying to grow up the best she could. She was the only child in a single-parent family where she lived with her mom. Her mother was doing all she could to hold the family together and make it through life. Since her mom worked three...
