Helping Out...
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Baby Equipment for Your House
For such tiny little people babies sure need a lot of equipment. For many parents, even the most basic baby gear includes a cot, car seat, swing, bouncy chair, books,...
Boundaries as a Grandparent
Becoming a grandparent is one of life’s biggest blessings, but entering this stage of life does not give one license to interfere with the parent’s decisions or...
Dealing With a Grandchild's Misbehaviour
Children, even beloved grandchildren will sometimes misbehave. For grandparents, who are likely to find the antics of their grandchildren adorable...
Helping Your Child through an Unplanned Pregnancy
Finding out that your child is pregnant should be a joyous occasion, but when a pregnancy is unplanned, the happiness can sometimes be tainted by...
Instilling Self-Esteem in Grandchildren
A healthy sense of self worth is vital for success in life. For children having the love and support of the adults in their lives can go a long way...
Respecting the Parents Authority
If there were an official motto for grandparenting it might be, All of the joy and pleasure of parenting with none of the work and worry. Spending time with one's...
Setting Discipline Limits
Grandparents are often the most called upon babysitters of grandchildren providing loving care to children while assuring the kids' parents that they are in safe, gentle...
What Not To Do
Grandparents can be a wonderful source of assistance to their children in caring for the grandchildren. In many families the grandparents are the most frequent...
When to Offer Advice (and When not to)
Having successfully raised their own children, grandparents can offer a wealth of advice to the next generation about most matters of child rearing....
