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Two thirds of grandparents think their grandchildren are not...

The majority of grandparents feel their children are far too lenient and don’t set clear boundaries of behaviour. Many grandparents think this leads to a lack of respect for authority. According to a recent study, [...]

Posted On : Sep, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Grandparents Legal Rights-What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!

Today grandparents face a new and growing challenge…raising their grandchildren. Knowing your grandparents legal rights is becoming a necessity. Present day factors in our society have forced grandparents [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

How grandparents raising kids are adapting to the digital a...

Like generations before, grandparents are adjusting successfully to the language of their grand children. Caring grandparents have always been good at finding ways to communicate with the youth of the generation. The digital [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Original Grandparents,' Full Of Time-Tested Advice

A California couple have become the unlikely stars of the family blog world. Harry and Barbara Cooper have a couple of thousand fans on Facebook and thousands more are visiting their website daily — not bad for two love birds pushi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Grandparents pay tribute to four-year-old

The maternal grandparents of a four-year-old girl found dead at her home in West Sussex said she "charmed us in everything she did and learned". The body of Keira Madden was found in a bedroom at around the same time her mother [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Grandparents turn guardian angels

Sukesh and Megha are happy-go-lucky, well-fed children who attend school and stay happily with their maternal grandparents. Their parents died of AIDS a few years ago and the siblings too are HIV positive but they are not aware of their [...]

Posted On : Jul, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Glenmore Park Public School celebrates grandparents day

DISTANCE was no barrier for families who travelled to grandparents day at Glenmore Park Public School last Thursday.Families came from Dubbo, Mudgee, Taree, the north coast and Melbourne to celebrate the day, which is set to become an an [...]

Posted On : Jul, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

School's special lunch for grandparents

GRANDPARENTS got to go back to school when they were invited to attend a special lunch in their honour. Cundall Manor School, near Ripon, held the event to celebrate the contribution grandparents make. Among those enjoying the day was [...]

Posted On : Jun, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

Grandparents visit Cassadaga school

Calling Friday's annual Grandparents' Day Picnic at Cassadaga Elementary the "last great festival," Principal Roberta Traks said the 16th annual event was the school's " last big hurrah." She said the more [...]

Posted On : Jun, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Grandparents treated worse in UK than in Europe

Older relatives in this country are said by Grandparents Plus, a campaign group, to enjoy fewer benefits and privileges than those on the Continent. Although a third of working mothers in Britain are thought to rely on their own parents [...]

Posted On : Jun, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Teens benefit from helping ailing grandparents

When we consider the care of a family member with memory impairment, we often think of adult children and elderly spouses as the key players in the caregiving. Younger family members often go unrecognized for their role in this journey. [...]

Posted On : Jun, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

The grandparents want to use Facebook

Google had just been born, YouTube did not exist and the inventor of Facebook was little more than a child while in. The two thousand giants of the network still had to take the first steps in Milan Internet Saloon taught to an alrea [...]

Posted On : Jun, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Grandparents read to children to help boost literacy

“Grandma Beth” has more than a dozen grandchildren she reads to, and she's hoping some local volunteers can fill her shoes to help boost literacy among Coachella Valley youth.Beth Foley, librarian for the La Quinta Public [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Grandparents can help instil moral values

THE rise in the incidence of unwanted teen pregnancies and crime can be attributed to the decline of family values. This could be the result of a lack of adequate parental control and guidance during the formative years of a growing chil [...]