A Little Empathy Goes a Long Way
I awoke today to an Instagram post from my daughter. A closeup photo of Bean’s face, looking very earnest (and as cute as a bug), along with this comment from her mother: “She appears by my bed when I’ve been sleeping, ‘Mama, do you need...The Beginning of a Journey
The Journey In a recent post I wrote about grandparents who are challenged by the many miles between them and their grandchildren. Today I read an article in the New York Times about grandparents who have moved to live closer to their grandchildren. It was very...Grandparenting at a distance
Technology Can Breach the Miles When my two oldest children were small, my husband’s mother recorded herself reading picture books and mailed periodic packages containing both the books and the cassette tapes. I would sit with the kids while we played...Read the Handwriting on the Wall: Why We Shouldn’t Kill off Cursive in Schools
Composing an Idea In an earlier article, I wrote about beginning a six week writing project with fourth graders in a local public school (also see Writing and Reading with Children, March 30, 2015). It was a wonderful experience, and the children eventually wrote...When Parents and Grandparents Disagree
Photo courtesy of Jillian Dent Parenting Approaches May Differ Research confirms that children benefit when both parents and grandparents actively participate in their lives. However, in the real world, not everyone agrees with their parents on child-rearing...
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