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July 25, 2008
Betty's Books: From the Museums
If you're planning a trip to the museum, these art books will get your grandchildren in the mood
Books are a wonderful way to introduce grandchildren to art. And they are a fun way to introduce kids to museum-going. Young children sometimes see museums as enormous and i ... read more
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July 18, 2008
Inspire Your Grandchildren!
There are no limits to what our grandchildren can do — with a little help from us
"Sometimes it takes a while to recognize that someone has a special ability to get us to believe in ourselves.” — Caroline Kennedy
Kennedy's quote refers to the ... read more
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June 27, 2008
Betty's Books: Five for the Fourth
This Independence Day, read along with your grandchildren as they discover great stories from America's history.
Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, on the Fourth of July political persuasion doesn't matter. It's our nation's birthday, a time to come together and celebrate o ... read more
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June 20, 2008
Help Your Grandchildren Reject Alcohol
When grandchildren become teens, they face increased pressure to drink. But the influence of a strong grandparent can steer them toward the right choice.
The headline in our local paper — "More teens drink, more parents know it" — caught my eye. The story that followed, which sketched out the problem of underage dr ... read more
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June 06, 2008
Betty's Books: The Best Series for Kids
The adventure never ends with books that take children on wild journeys - and then invite them back for more.
For this month's column on the best in children's book series, I turned to the real experts — my own grandchildren — for recommendations. I thought that at least o ... read more
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May 30, 2008
Stop Advertising to My Grandchildren
TV and movie tie-ins and "fashionista" promotions are turning kids into adolescents before their time.
The latest Indiana Jones flick just opened, but the promotions for toys linked to the film have been running for weeks. Indy is popping up in the middle of video games, on web ... read more
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May 16, 2008
Throw the Book at Them!
The problem: Today's kids aren't reading nearly enough. The solution: Grandparents.
Young Americans are reading less, and reading less well, directly resulting in lower levels of academic achievement.
According to a recent National Endowment for the Arts rep ... read more
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May 02, 2008
Betty's Books: Great Read-Alouds
Looking for a terrific way to bond with your grandchildren? Offer to be a "Grandparent Reader" in their classroom!
On our last trip to Atlanta, my daughter-in-law had arranged for us to be “guest celebrity readers” in our grandchildren's classrooms. Talk about pressure! Is ther ... read more
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April 25, 2008
R U 2 Old 2 Understand?
Bridging the technological divide with our grandchildren
"If you have kids between the ages of 11 and 14," a middle-school guidance counselor recently wrote in an editorial in our local paper, "20 bucks says that they’re on th ... read more
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April 18, 2008
Are You a Hit-and-Run Grandparent?
How to avoid hearing: "We had the taxi come early to make sure you don't miss your plane."
If you’ve read my recent columns, you know none of my seven grandchildren live close by. To see them requires a plane ride to one of two distant cities. So we plan four ... read more
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April 04, 2008
Betty's Books: One City, Two Brothers; Little Pea & More!
One book to spark a dialogue, one to get your grandchild giggling, and a classic that'll bring you back to parenthood!
Any grandparent can use Chris Smith's One City, Two Brothers (Barefoot Books, 2007) as a springboard to dozens of captivating grandchild-centered conversations. The book itsel ... read more
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April 04, 2008
The Up-and-Coming Generation: The Millennials
Confident, achieving, optimistic - but role models?
I've been reading a lot about the “Millennials” lately, the new generation estimated at 75 million that primarily connects and communicates through cell phones, Bl ... read more
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March 07, 2008
Betty's Books: Cowboy & Octopus, Ballerina Dreams, & More!
Two new reads - one rather serious, one wildly silly - and a classic to keep your grandchild turning pages!
What a fun, and hilarious, book is Cowboy and Octopus (Viking Juvenile, 2007) by Jon Scieszka. For the uninitiated, Scieszka’s writing is uproarious. His Stinky Cheese M ... read more
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February 22, 2008
The Allure of a One-on-One
Surrounded by all the grandkids is splendid, but there is something magical about sharing time alone
Okay. I think we are all agreed. The best thing you can give to your grandkids is not that MP3 player or an American Girl doll. It’s much simpler than that. It’s l ... read more
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February 08, 2008
An Open Discussion on Values
Communicating morality to your grandchildren is one of the most important contributions you can make as a grandparent.
In my welcoming letter on Grandparents.com, I said I wanted to use my perch as grandparent-in-residence to write about issues of interest to all grandparents. I mentioned topi ... read more
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