Some significant insights about how the pandemic has changed grandparents’ relationships with their grandchildren — from our recent survey on grandparents and the pandemic.
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.
Pandemic Grandparenting: Your Helpful Ideas
Insightful responses to one question in our recent survey: What behaviors or activities have been most helpful to you and your household in keeping perspective during the pandemic?
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.
5 Power Strategies for Leading a Daughter (and Granddaughter)
Your granddaughter needs YOU to initiate conversations with her—about anything and everything. And even if those interactions are awkward at first, if you stay with it, you’ll see the positive impacts to her … and yourself!
Inspiring Video: Grandchildren Bring New Beginnings
This video challenges us to think about beginnings and endings. Can’t most of us identify with that grandfather’s thoughts as he anticipates and celebrates the birth of his first grandchild?
Health Tips for Grandparents … from Toddlers
There are lots of things kids don’t know, but when it comes to taking care of ourselves, it’s worth taking some tips from toddlers.
Spoiling: The Good & the Bad
We love doing and giving things that make our grandkids’ faces light up with joy, but the treats are special because they aren’t constant or overwhelming, and so they’re more appreciated and remembered.
What a Grandparent’s Unconditional Love Does
When we are healthy, mature grandparents functioning well in the family, love and grace become the driving forces of our relationships with our grands.
Kids’ Tributes to GrandFathers
We’re honoring grandfathers with heartfelt words from grandchildren. Granddads, the simple things you do for your grandkids make you a hero in their eyes.
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