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A great gift for kids is a lesson in finances

If your child is asking for Ugg boots, a pricey hot toy or a smartphone for the holidays, it's time for a teachable moment. Even if your kid has less lofty tastes, the holidays are still a great time to hammer home some important fina [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids bounce back after great fall

They are destiny's children. After surviving almost fatal falls from steep heights, these 'miracle kids' continue to thrive. Having dodged death by just a whisker, for most their frightening experience lingers only as a distan [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Children and great-grandparents can have warm relationship

My grandparents live on the other side of the country, so I was excited for my kids to get re-acquainted with their great-grandparents when we recently vacationed in California. Only here was my dilemma: My grandparents are old-fashio [...]

Posted On : Aug, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Grandparents take on greater roles in the American family

Friends told James and Sandy Riggs they were crazy to give up the ultimate good life of RVing across the United States and wintering in a Texas retirement community for the cold, unpredictable weather of Nebraska and their grandchildren. & [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

Grandparents set for greater Family Court powers

Grandparents could find it easier to gain custody of their grandchildren under reforms being examined by the federal government. Attorney-General Robert McClelland says Labor has asked the Australian Institute of Family Studies to look at [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

9 Things Great Depression Grandparents Knew About Saving

Late 2008 has garnered plenty of comparisons to another year: 1932. Both years were election years, and both found America in the grip of a significant economic shakeup. While today’s situation does not necessarily imply another Gre [...]