Blogs Posts in GrandParents category; 160 blog posts

County offers event for grandparents raising grandchildren

The Washington County Department of Health and Human Services on April 2 will sponsor its first-ever event for grandparents who are their grandchildren's guardians. "Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Day for You" will run from [...]

Posted On : Mar, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Grandparents can bring up ill behaved kids

Young children looked after by their grandparents are more likely to have behavioural problems than those who go to day nurseries and crèches, says Grandparents can bring up kids having bad behaviour Researcher Kirstine Hansen reveal [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Grandparents are positive force for distressed kids

Grandparents play a very crucial role in helping their grandchildren improve their social skills and behavior at the time they face difficulties from single-parent, divorced/separated or stepfamily households, according to a new study. &qu [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Gina Davidson- Grandparents do have role to play

I HAVE probably never thanked them properly, but the truth is that life would be a lot harder without my children's grandparents. While I might not believe in the policy that chocolate buttons cure all ills a grandparental prerogative [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren

More than 57,000 Kentucky children live in a household headed by a grandparent. But a program designed to provide financial assistance to low income grandparents raising children was eliminated last December due to state budget cuts. The K [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

A Grand Vacation: Can Children Travel with their Grandparent...

Need a vacation after your vacation with your kids? Perhaps you should take your next vacation at home! One of the fastest growing segments of the travel industry is called “grandtravel,” meaning, vacations your children take [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

One in five grandparents paying for childcare to help strugg...

One in five grandparents is paying the childcare bills for their grandchildren, a survey has found. It said that the grandparents who cover the costs of their children going out to work are paying an average of £1,200 a year to nurse [...]

Posted On : Feb, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Charity ball will remember grandparents

GEMMA Eardley’s grandma, who she describes as “like a second mum” died last year and Gemma still misses her very much.Nan, as Mavis Eardley was known to her grandaughter, died from cancer in October and received care and s [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Grandparents Visit Mid-East

About 30 grandparents went back to high school today to spend some time with their grandchildren at the Mid East Career and Technology Center.Grandparents visitation day was in honor of National Career-Technical Education Month and they too [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Value in both day centres and grandparents' care

It is up to parents to decide whether the care provided by grandparents or childcare centres is most appropriate for their infant, experts say. Joe Caluori, Daycare Trust's campaigns officer, said that both grandparents and external childr [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Behavioral Problems Under Grandparents

According to latest study, children looked after by their grandparents suffer from behavioral problems. However, they developed a good vocabulary under the care of their grand parents.Researcher Kirstine Hansen points out that children who [...]

Posted On : Feb, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Do Your Grandparents Want the Wii?

Well, my grandparents barely know how to operate a microwave, so I think the Wii might be a little much for them. Yet, according to a new survey, 52% of grandparents and 68% of baby boomers would love to get a Wii for the holidays. &ldqu [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Grandparents made formative years special

During my early years, we were three generations living together. My mother’s parents owned one of the big double houses in Black Rock, and mom and dad moved into the upstairs flat to save for their own home. That’s the way it w [...]

Posted On : Jan, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

With no job and 5 kids, 'better to end our lives,' man wrote

It was described as one of the most grisly scenes Los Angeles police had ever encountered: the bodies of five young children and their parents, all shot to death, in two upstairs rooms of the family's home. The reaction on their faces [...]