Just this past week, Grandpa and I went to see a new doctor whose office was located inside a local hospital. The doctor’s nurse who greeted us reached out to shake hands. We declined. The doctor, when entering the examination room, reached out to shake hands. We declined. Did we wonder about our care to […]
Archives for February 2018
Why We Should We Stop Teaching Our Children and Grandchildren to Hug, Kiss, and Even Shake Hands Upon Greeting Others and What We Should Advocate Instead
February 27, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Inter-generational Friendships and Paying It Forward In the Decades of Life
February 23, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Hearing my oldest daughter appreciate advice she received from someone who is a decade older who has already been through what my daughter is now experiencing with educational and extracurricular choices and decisions regarding the grandchildren reminded me of the importance of having friends one decade and two decades older than oneself. I told her […]
We Grandparents Are Role Models For Civics and Civility And Good Manners To Our Grandchildren And More
February 20, 2018 By Leave a Comment
I grimace and shake my head every time I am stopped at a crosswalk and a person with earbuds staring at his or her phone walks into the street without even looking up. Or the person is before me in the supermarket line paying without looking up at the cashier or anyone but the screen […]
Pizza For Breakfast Is Finally Getting the Respect It Deserves and This Grandma’s Case For a Breakfast Feast Grandchildren Would Want For Breakfast, Part II
February 16, 2018 By Leave a Comment
If you follow this blog, you will already know that this Grandma is obsessed with the concept of “Pizza for Breakfast” as a special grandma treat when with grandchildren. That was one of the first “Grandma Lessons” I received from a very experienced grandma at a conference I was attending. I proceeded to write several […]
Surprise at the Continuing Misunderstanding Regarding Joint Custody and What Grandparents Should Know About How To Handle Disputes Between the Parents of Our Grandchildren
February 13, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Grandparents should only take one side in disputes between the parents of our grandchildren–the side of the grandchildren. Parental disputes mean remaining neutral for grandparents, as there are no grandparent rights–if something happens to the parent of the grandchildren who is your child, if you alienate the other parent, you may never see your grandchildren […]
What We Should Know About Science Daily, Tell the Parents of Our Grandchildren about It, and What Is Reported About when To Introduce Foods to Babies
February 10, 2018 By Leave a Comment
My brother forwarded me an article about a report on when to introduce foods to babies in an online publication called “Science Daily.” In addition to reading about this topic, I scrolled down to the bottom of the page and saw many topics of interest to the parents of our baby grandchildren. On the topics […]
The Six Best Reasons For Boomer Grandparents to Buy an iPhone X
February 3, 2018 By Leave a Comment
This is the first time in this Grandma‘s life that I am finally considered the most cool by my grandchildren. Why? Because PopPop (grandpa) and I got two of the first iPhone Xs. It was a pleasure to impress our oldest teenage grandson by letting him know, when he watched people lined up for hours […]
