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In Our Society, Most Teenagers and Preteens Have Seen Online Pornography, Hear Pornographic Lyrics, A Six Year Old Child Shot His Teacher, and That is Not The Worst of It
When my grandchildren are in the car with me, I always have Pop Hits I on Sirius. I want to relate to them and their music. . . or so I...
Feb 16, 20236 min read


The Best 2021 Holiday Presents for Our Preteen, Teenage, and College Aged Grandchildren and What They Want As Presents for The Holidays 2021
In 2014, I wrote a post, “What Our Grandchildren Want as Presents. Then I did not have college aged grandchildren or teenaged...
Dec 12, 20215 min read


Our Granddaughter’s Twinning at Yad Vashem’s Special Bar and Bat Mitzvah Tour And You Can Do it For Your Teen Too, In Your Home Town, Without Going to Jerusalem, Israel
Holocaust Education is mandated in many states and children all over the United States are taught the horrors of targeting people just...
Sep 4, 20194 min read


Our Second Outstanding Stay with Extraordinary Service at the Iconic and Exceptional King David in Jerusalem and Best Tips for Your Stay With Children and Teens
When you stay at the King David, it is staying at a Jerusalem icon and it is an experience during which you are spoiled. As with the top...
Aug 28, 20193 min read


How Preteen and Teenage Grandchildren Are Like Cats
Grandparenting preteens and teenagers is different than any other grandparenting stage. Grandparenting babies, whether a long distance or...
Feb 14, 20194 min read

This Grandma Has Just Upped the Acceptable Marriage Age For Her Grandchildren
“Life is making choices and living with the consequences of the choices we make.” In Boomers’ parents’ age, that saying meant once you...
Aug 29, 20184 min read


Teenagers are Like Two Year Old and We Must Remind the Parents of Our Grandchildren to Treat Them As Such
Oftentimes, in my twenty years as a family court judge, I found divorcing parents fighting over time with their teenagers. I was always...
Mar 25, 20183 min read


Best Ways of Taking Back Control from Children With Smartphones and Computers in This Electronic Age
This Grandma is amazed at the number of our school aged grandchildren with smart phones, some as young as 7. According to a study by...
Mar 7, 20175 min read


Snapchat Taking Over Our Grandchildren’s World And Should We Be Worried About It Or Join By Buying Snap Spectacles for A Holiday Gift
Snapchat is a social media format that allows posts of pictures and photographs that can be enhanced by drawing on them and changing them...
Dec 29, 20164 min read


Just When “Mom” and “Dad” Lose Favor With One Generation They Gain A New Definition with Another In the Fast New World of Social Media
This Grandma tries hard to keep up with the fast moving Internet effect on our changing world. It is the 12th anniversary of Facebook,...
Dec 22, 20163 min read


The Best Headphones to Protect Hearing As A Gift For Toddler to Preteen Grandchildren Rather than Be
Headphones are a great gift item for grandchildren at any time of the year. We grandparents know how it is sitting in a car with...
Dec 19, 20165 min read


Is the Thesaurus A Book About Dinosaurs or A Dinosaur to Our Grandchildren from Preschool to High School
Grandpa and I just saw a fabulous musical on Broadway, Bright Star, which is closing like some other fabulous musicals this season,...
Jul 23, 20164 min read


It is Not Too Soon To Have Dear Abby’s Teen Car Contract and to Know What to Look for In Car Safety
This Grandma had a used car for the second daughter. However, newer safety features were not in the car, so it was traded up for a car...
Jan 12, 20165 min read


American History Comes Alive For Us and Our Preteen and Older Grandchildren So Run, Do Not Walk, To See the Play of the Century, Hamilton
This Grandma is very lucky that her best friend from high school lives in Manhattan. She knows our love of theater and lets us in on the...
Nov 6, 20156 min read


Rubik’s Cube Fun For Grandchildren
Visiting the oldest grandchild, I found him playing unusually with a low tech toy–a Rubik’s Cube. He said he and his twelve year old...
Aug 28, 20152 min read


Different Grandparenting at Different Ages of Grandma and Grandchild
After helping the youngest two grandchildren get settled in their new home, this Grandma realized that her youngest grandchildren were...
Jul 23, 20155 min read


Social Media is Changing the Grandparenting Landscape but Not As Much as the Parenting Landscape
My eleven year old grandson had just arrived for Thanksgiving. He was sitting on the couch smiling and burst into laughter. This Grandma...
Dec 29, 20143 min read

I Wish I Had Straight Talk Wireless Safe Driver Car Connection When I Was Parenting A New Teen Drive
A print advertisement in People Magazine caught my eye. It started, “Because you never stopped trying to keep them safe.’ Then it showed...
Oct 10, 20142 min read


When Preteens have a Smart Phone We Must Consider a New App Called Ignore No More
Our oldest grandchild has wanted a smart phone for almost a year. He has not taken no for an answer. He has not accepted that just...
Aug 26, 20143 min read
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