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5 Ways to Keep Up With Kids ... Without Getting Hurt
Kids love to play, but when they pile on, your body can pay the price
The news made headlines in November: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers found that children suffer fewer injures while spending time with grandparents ... read more
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Do You Have a Gimme Granchild?
Your grandchildren may be infected by the consumer bug
Are your grandchildren becoming snobs? Are only certain brands of shoes, toys, or even cereals good enough for them? Most kids go through a stage of being infected with brand- ... read more
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Help Your Grandchildren Give Thanks
When you gather around the holiday table, follow these tips to help grandchildren express their gratitude
Thanksgiving is about more than turkey and football. With family gathered around the table, it's a time for grandparents and grandchildren to open their hearts and talk about ... read more
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Get Down and Do Yoga With Your Grandchildren
When you and your grandchildren share a yoga mat, you can exercise together and get a little bit silly, too
In a sun-dappled studio in lower Manhattan, a young girl and her grandmother stand beside each other on a bright purple mat. Then they drop to their hands and knees, arch thei ... read more
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Do You Need to Tighten Up or Lighten Up?
If you've been too tough (or too easy) on your grandchildren, resolve to change your approach
When Darren and Ella returned home after a night out, they found Darren’s mother, Nana Louise, sitting on the couch reading a magazine while the kids ran wild around the ... read more
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Should Your Grandchild Take a Gap Year?
Students who took a year off after high school were once seen as lost
Years ago, if teenagers told their families that they planned to take a "year off" before starting college, parents and grandparents feared the worst — that their c ... read more
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A Grandmother Who Gets Halloween
She just wants to have fun on Halloween but runs into opposition
I sometimes think that no one gets Halloween, except me and my grandkids. Those are my daughter’s girls: Ryan, 5 years old, who plans to dress this year as a witch, or a ... read more
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6 Ideas for When You Have No Idea What to Get
At a loss? Don't panic: One of these ideas should fit the bill
1. Take Them Out
This holiday, give the kids an outing: Tell them that you'll take them, and a few friends, to the next blockbuster movie they want to see, complete with pre- ... read more
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How to Choose Safe Toys for Your Grandchildren
Recalls and lead-paint scares are enough to make any grandparent nervous
Grandparents love seeing the looks of joy on their grandchildren's faces as the kids unwrap the perfect holiday toy. And there's no doubt grandparents love shopping for those ... read more
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How to Handle Your Grandchildren's Meltdowns
When your grandchildren lose it, you must maintain control
You've seen it before: A minor conflict, a misplaced toy, a denied snack, or a tough loss in a board game sends your grandchild into an all-out temper tantrum. You know the ki ... read more
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Hunting: An Activity for Grandchildren?
In many families, hunting is a tradition. But your grandchildren may not want to join
Norm Phelps, 69, of Funkstown, Md., remembers boyhood days in the Tidewater region of Virginia, hunting bobwhites, squirrels, rabbits, and an occasional red fox, with the bree ... read more
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Grandparenting for Twins
Twins offer grandparents double the affection, as well as double the challenges
The number of twins being born in the United States is on the rise. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, mothers gave birth to multiple babies 139,816 times ... read more
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A Grandmother Learns the Ropes
The author of a new book on being a grandmother gets on-the-job training from her granddaughter
When my granddaughter, Ryan, was 2 (she's 5 now), I'd take her on my bike the few blocks from her mother's house to the Montessori House of Children School, her nursery school ... read more
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I'd Do Anything for My Grandkids, But I Won't Do THAT!
Kids ask grandparents for a lot. But sometimes they ask for too much and you just have to say no, even if you can't keep a straight face.
There's a rumor going around that grandparents will do anything their grandchildren ask, as long as it makes the kids happy. So we decided to find out how far grandparents wou ... read more
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Just in Case
The author of a new book on family preparedness says grandparents should be ready to care for their grandchildren should disaster strike
My husband, Bruce, and I began a family preparedness program when our children were young. The plan evolved as our kids grew, reflecting their changing needs and maturity. Now ... read more
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Make Your Grandchild's Half-Birthday All Yours
Is your grandchild's birthday party getting too crowded? Start a tradition of one-on-one half-birthday celebrations.
Grandchildren's birthday parties can be a lot of fun, especially when the kids are small. However, when children get bigger, and start inviting entire classrooms of first- or ... read more
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Back to School by the Numbers
Millions of grandchildren went back to class this month. What did they find there?
About 56 million students, from kindergarten kids to high school seniors, have gone back to school across the country, and an estimated 56 percent of 3- and 4-year-olds have ... read more
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How Can You Make Your Grandchild Brilliant?
The author of a new book on the billion-dollar baby business argues that electronics are not the way to open young minds
While shopping recently on New York City’s Upper East Side, I observed a woman holding a toy truck. She inspected it from various angles, poking and prodding its wheels ... read more
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Handling Your Grandchildren's Worst Habits
When your grandchild's most unpleasant habits are on display in public, it can be embarrassing for you both
Nose-picking. Hair-twirling. Shirt-chewing. Thumb-sucking.
Your preschool and early-grade grandchildren are adorable, but they're not perfect. If they're like most kids, they ... read more
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What Grandmothers Can Teach Their Grandchildren
When you teach a skill to a child, you share more than your know-how. You impart your family's values, too.
Your fondest memories of your own grandmother may be afternoons spent with her in the kitchen, in the garden, or at her table for a tea party.
While it may seem as if today's ... read more
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