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 The Puerto Rican Grandparenting Experience
The Puerto Rican Grandparenting Experience
One abuelo makes it his life work to celebrate his culture, for his grandchildren and everyone else's.

For Frank Nieves, sharing Puerto Rican culture is a priority personally and professionally. In 2001, Nieves founded PR Fiestas Patronales (translation: "Festivals of the Patro ... read more
 The African-American Grandparenting Experience
The African-American Grandparenting Experience
Two grannies share the fabric of their cultural history

Louisiana “Lou” Bendolph and Yvonne Wells are African-American grandmothers who share their heritage with the world in the form of colorful quilts. Bendolph, who ... read more
 A Chat With Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
A Chat With Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Even in this age of enlightened, high-speed families, traditional values are still the way to go

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach isn’t a grandparent yet. But he’s got some firm ideas about how he thinks grandparents can help the world by imparting in their grandchildren ... read more
 The Irish Grandparenting Experience
The Irish Grandparenting Experience
Dermot Sexton was all about going green, even before it was hip

Dermot Sexton likes to tell stories. In the years since he came to the United States from Ireland in 1957, Sexton has accumulated plenty of them. His home in suburban New York ... read more
 The Muslim Grandparenting Experience
The Muslim Grandparenting Experience
When you want world peace, the best thing you can do is make sure your grandchildren know.

At 74, Dr. Zafar Nomani has no interest in slowing down. Sure, he’s retired from a life-long vocation in academics and is a professor emeritus of human nutrition at West ... read more
 The Italian Grandparenting Experience
The Italian Grandparenting Experience
Making a good sauce is one thing. But imbuing a love for the culture goes well beyond the kitchen.

In the middle of the day, Alfred Affinito stood over a pot, stirring his pasta fagioli, the classic Italian soup made with cannellini beans, for that evening’s dinner wi ... read more
 The Scottish Grandparenting Experience
The Scottish Grandparenting Experience
Great Scot: This grandma passes along more than a stereotype.

Here in America, we tend to think of bagpipes and kilts, sheep and castles, haggis and shortbread when someone speaks of Scotland. But 74-year-old grandmother Vida Cameron wan ... read more
 The Cherokee Grandparenting Experience
The Cherokee Grandparenting Experience

When Mary Jane Ferguson, 56, held her firstborn grandchild in the delivery room, she wasn’t just witnessing a landmark moment for her family. She was transitioning into ... read more
 The Chinese Grandparenting Experience
The Chinese Grandparenting Experience

Born in Canton, China, Anita Wing moved to the United States in 1961, when she was 7 years old. Like many Chinese children, Wing had been living in a close, multigenerational ... read more
 The Safe Haven
The Safe Haven

I have seen it sustain my daughter and her cousins. I have experienced it myself, and have seen family members of my age group avail themselves of it. The greatest gift that w ... read more
 Devorah Halberstam
Devorah Halberstam
One grandmother's crusade against terrorism.

When the absolute, hands-down worst tragedy occurs in a mother's life, how does she go on? It was March 1, 1994 when Devorah Halberstam's son Ari, then 16 years old, was shot ... read more
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