Meet Today’s Grandparent – June 2019
”Life is short and precious, and time with our grandchildren to me is even more precious.” – John Arnold For John Arnold, being a grandparent is a passion. And family … read more
Article Category: Featured
No Butts About It
Remember when people smoked? When I was growing up in the ’50s and ’60s, cigarette smoke was an everyday, in-your-face presence — in your eyes, in your hair, in the … read more
Please Proceed to the Route
Remember when you used to ask for directions? Or use a map? Or try to fold a map? Now, remember when you stopped having to do all that? It was … read more
The Grandparent-Grandchild Bond — It’s a Win-Win
We’ve all seen giddy grandparents in the park eagerly complying with their grandchild’s excited pleas: “Higher, Grandpa, higher!” The bond between a child and his grandparents is entirely obvious, heartwarming … read more
The Beatlemania Bomb
Remember when the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show? Music was so much simpler then. You either listened to the radio, vinyl 45s and albums or maybe reel-to-reel tapes. … read more
The Online Dating Game
You’ve just turned 60, you’ve been married for half those years and you’ve suddenly found yourself single. Or maybe you’ve been divorced or widowed for years now — or never … read more
Google Home Improvement
Remember when you wanted to do something and you actually had to do it yourself or ask someone to do it for you? Well, these days you can ask some … read more
Considerate Grandparenting
Grandparenting can be tricky. You grandparents have raised your kids already and may think you did a pretty awesome job. Now your babies have had babies and you don’t know … read more
Minding the Grandkids?
Tell me if this ever happens to you: You’re trying to engage your grandchild in conversation — How are you? How’s school? Is that a real tattoo? — but you … read more
Meet the Grandparents
I never really knew my grandparents. Coming from the old country long before I was born, they were like foreigners to me. They spoke broken or no English, were very … read more