Articles by Julie D. Andrews
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February 29, 2008
Grandchild Gone Wild
Is your teen grandchild's risk taking curious - or smack-dab in the danger zone? Look for these 6 warning signs.
Spring break is around the bend. As much as it's come to symbolize carefree fun in the sun, the words have also become synonymous with off-the-hook partying. With time off fro ... read more
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February 14, 2008
How They Met
Every grandparent passes down - whether spoken or not - a legacy of love. These grandparents' love stories are the envy of their grandchildren.
"My husband, Will, and I often stay with my grandmother and her boyfriend, Bill — just to be in the presence of two people so happy in their lives," says Emily Gibson of ... read more
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February 06, 2008
Trend Alert: A Trip to the (Baby)Moon
We've been trendspotting! Find out what heaps of expectant couples are doing pre-parenthood.
For the first seven years of their marriage, Eric and Kris Davis daydreamed of lounging on Hawaiian beaches.
In October, the Minneapolis couple finally booked a flight &ndash ... read more
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January 22, 2008
10 Ways to Make a Sick Day Fun
Pediatrician-inspired tricks for stomping out sniffles and keeping an achy grandchild all smiles.
When a child catches even a slight case of the sniffles, a family's schedule can quickly run off the tracks — especially when both parents work. Children's illnesses cau ... read more
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December 24, 2007
Q & A with Santa Claus
Fill in your grandchildren
This will forever go down in the record books as the year the “ho, ho, ho” became the “ha, ha, ha” — both figuratively and literally — when ... read more
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December 23, 2007
Keeping Christmas Magical When a Parent Is in Iraq
You can't fly a deployed parent back to the U.S., but you can give your grandchild a very special Christmas while Mom or Dad is overseas.
It's the most wonderful time of the year. But for a child whose mom or dad is serving overseas this Christmas, the season may lose some luster.
Carol Ellis, a Tennessee grandm ... read more
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December 21, 2007
10 Grand Ways to Go Green in 2008
Quick & easy ways to be a greener grandparent!
Linda Arroz is a proud grandmother. It's not because her grandson gets straight A's in school or has won a baseball trophy. She's beaming because, at age 4, he already knows a ... read more
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November 19, 2007
5 Tips to Save Big on Holiday Shopping
Where to find this holiday season's hottest deals & steals. Plus: How one online shopper got a laptop for just $200.
Chanize Thorpe is a shopping maven. In a heartbeat, she'll tell you — laughing all the while — about the best deal she ever got. It was a laptop that set her back ... read more
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November 05, 2007
She Will Survive
One breast-cancer survivor is doing all she can to prevent her granddaughters from facing the same battle.
"I was bald, but my hair was slowly inching back," says Eileen Clark, who in August 2006 was diagnosed with breast cancer. "I would take off my cap and my granddaughter would ... read more
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October 18, 2007
Walk Toward a Breast Cancer Cure
Pull out your pink ribbon and grab your granddaughter. Together, join the fight against breast cancer.
Cancer is shaking its nefarious image. It's as much about survival today as it is about sickness. Just this week, The New York Times reported that the number of cancer-related ... read more
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October 15, 2007
Could Vaccines Cause Autism?
Celeb Jenny McCarthy seems to think so. Is parental concern warranted?
Autism's new poster mom is stirring up debate. The 1994 Playmate of the Year, who starred in MTV's Singled Out, has a new book on the shelves: Louder Than Words: A Mother's Jo ... read more
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September 12, 2007
GP Talks With Wayne Rogers
A mainstream sitcom about war — injected with a laugh track. In a bizarre, satirical mix of comedy and drama set during the Korean War, soldier doctors on M*A*S*H ... read more
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September 03, 2007
Devorah Halberstam
One grandmother's crusade against terrorism.
When the absolute, hands-down worst tragedy occurs in a mother's life, how does she go on? It was March 1, 1994 when Devorah Halberstam's son Ari, then 16 years old, was shot ... read more
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September 01, 2007
GP Talks with Ray Anderson
The legacy he might have left was grim, made gray with the by-products of industrialism: depleted natural resources, polluted air, teeming landfills. In 1994, all this changed ... read more
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