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When I Ask For Help Grandma Tries to Rehash Her Parenting Experience
This post was submitted by an anonymous member in our A Place to Vent group.
I love and adore my mother and she is my greatest ally as a mom, but whenever I share my experiences about parenting she over personalizes and identifies with them. She is a fantastic mother and a serious contender for the world's greatest grandma award, but she can't listen to my conundrums without reminding me (in exhausting and antiquated detail) what it was like when she was a mother to two little children.
Roundup: Cozy Gifts For Grandparents
My grandparents are big bookworms, and I have so many special memories of reading with them while we snuggled up on a sofa together.
They're still avid readers, and while I can't always be there to share a book with them, I know that they appreciate a new book in the holiday season. I try to always pick out something special for them, and a book and a blanket is a perfect combination.
More Seniors Are Taking the Plunge Into Tech
I may have a game-loving gramps, but he doesn't really venture into the Internet without a little assistance. I'll cut him a break since he's in his eighties, but a recent study shows that more and more seniors are taking the plunge into Facebook, blogs, and tech in general than ever before. Stats show that the senior population (age 65 and over) that uses the Internet has tripled since 2005.
Celebrate Grandparents With Gifts That Reflect Their Status
Grandmas are said to be moms with extra frosting on them. When a mama graduates to nana status, she gets the best of both worlds – a babe in her arms and the ability to hand him back when he become too much. Sixty-seven percent of LilSugar readers expect grandparents to help in caring for their offspring and with Grandparents' Day coming up this weekend, there is no better time to celebrate the older relatives in your lil one's life.
Mommy Dearest: Grandma Encourages Child to Use Cosmetics
Mommy Dearest,
My daughter is four years old and is as "girly" as can be. She watches me get dressed for work in the morning and even "helps" me put on my makeup. My mom started buying her toy makeup kits two years ago and often gives her the free cosmetic samples she gets at department stores.
Do You Use the Same Discipline Methods as Your Parents?
Some moms and dads look to their family tree for child rearing advice and use the same methods that their parents used on them. Other couples decide to branch out and take an alternate approach to raising their kids. What did you do?
Is Your Family Near or Far?
In today's global climate, it is not rare for families to live miles or even continents apart. Generations used to reside under one roof and everyone lent their hands in caring for the wee ones. As children venture off to school and jobs and eventually settle down and have babies, grandparents must travel to see their legacies.
Do Paternal Grandparents Take a Backseat to Maternal Ones?
One grandmother I know got right to the point saying she loved her grandson more than her son and daughter . . .
Would You Adopt a Grandparent For Your Child?
Some grandparents play a central role in their grandchildren's lives — doling out stories of previous generations, providing childcare or even indulging their descendants in the goodies that their parents forbid. Other youngsters grow up not having the opportunity to meet the relatives that predeceased them and lacking those familial relationships that tie the past to the future. To fill this void, one European agency is partnering up parties in need.
Do You Expect Grandparents to Pitch In?
Grandparents have often been portrayed as the family members who provide "intergenerational care" to cut down costs or offer their two cents in child rearing even when it's not solicited. But, a recent New York Times article focused on an emerging new type of grannies and gramps — those who can't be bothered. Done raising their own children, the mature men and women are no longer about sacrificing their time and energy to focus on tots.
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