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When GrandGear Runneth Over
Got too much grandkid stuff hanging around? You're not alone.
In Humor
I don’t know about you, but the only grandchild memorabilia I keep around is a single picture of the kid, which I update whenever I’m sent a new picture… li ... read more
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The Gay Grandparenting Experience
A gay grandfather’s pride extends from his community to his family
In Grand Perspectives
Michael Ashbal’s green eyes sparkle when he talks of his only grandson, Elijah. The 5-year-old lives in Baltimore, more than1,000 miles away from his grandfather’s ... read more
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Memories to Last a Lifetime
Our kids and their kids. Three generations. Our first extended-family vacation.
In Beverly Beckham
Four nights. Three days. Not long. But long enough for a vacation to remember.
We followed the children. We were children. We woke up at dawn. We leaped up. We smiled. We put ... read more
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R We 2 Old 2 Understand?
Bridging the technological divide with our grandchildren
In Family Matters
"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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Your Dirty Deeds: To Tell or Not to Tell
Contrary to the cookie-cutter way you portray yourself to your grandkids, your salacious past made you the fun-loving grandparent you are today. Those moments should just never creep into dinner conversation… or can they?
In Humor
There are secrets we keep, some not even suitable for virgin ears. These tales of debauchery and wrong-doing may even include tidbits your own children don’t even know & ... read more
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Long Distance — No Distance
Time. Space. Miles. Months. For young children, these things do not exist.
In Beverly Beckham
Lucy and Adam are 4 years old now, not babies anymore, full of words these days, full of questions. “Want to play tent, Mimi? Want to go to the Dairy Barn? Want to get a ... read more
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Grandpa Goes to the Gym
Find your gym type. Then change it, for your grandchild's sake.
In Humor
Recently, when our 4-year-old granddaughter, Alexandra, called to chat, I happened to mention that I had just returned from the gym. Hearing that, she was absolutely astonishe ... read more
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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."
In From the Editors
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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A Chat With Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Even in this age of enlightened, high-speed families, traditional values are still the way to go
In Grand Perspectives
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach isn’t a grandparent yet. But he’s got some firm ideas about how he thinks grandparents can help the world by imparting in their grandchildren ... read more
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Parent vs. Grandparent: On Discipline
When writer-director-actor-grandpa Garry Marshall disagrees with his daughter Lori, a journalist-playwright-mom, the truth becomes a laughing matter
In Humor
POP GARRY: I sent your daughter Charlotte an e-mail last week and she hasn't written back.
MOM LORI: It'll be a few days. I had to take away her laptop.
POP GARRY: Why? Wa ... read more
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The Gym Set
Building a playset and a bond, one small step at a time.
In Beverly Beckham
Day 1: There they are, outside in the freezing cold, the pair of them, Mutt and Jeff, father and son, putting together an elaborate swing set.
It came in three huge boxes and ... read more
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Ask GrumPa
Our crusty humor columnist tries his hand at giving advice
In Humor
Dear GrumPa,
My son informed me that his wife is pregnant. I am like way too young and pretty to be a granny. What’s a girl to do?
Like Way Too Young
Dear Like Way,
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What Your Grandkids Don't Like About You
Face it, you annoy them. Lotsa luck trying to change things.
In Humor
Like most grandfathers, I’ve learned that grandchildren are the most exciting thing to happen to me since I first qualified for Denny’s Senior Specials. Our grandd ... read more
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When Dresses Were a Sign of Love
Love — unlike mother and daughter dresses — never goes out of style.
In Beverly Beckham
I am 4 in the picture, my granddaughter Lucy’s age, sitting beside my mother, who is leaning against a boulder somewhere in the great outdoors. Scrub pines and scraggly ... read more
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A Chat With Frank McCourt
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, the beloved autobiographer snarks a few one liners
In Extraordinary Grandparents
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela's Ashes had no easy life. His lively wit belies a childhood of poverty that began in Brooklyn and continued on a hopeful return to ... read more
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The Irish Grandparenting Experience
Dermot Sexton was all about going green, even before it was hip
In Grand Perspectives
Dermot Sexton likes to tell stories. In the years since he came to the United States from Ireland in 1957, Sexton has accumulated plenty of them. His home in suburban New York ... read more
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Yearning for a Grandchild? Maybe you Have Grand-Kidus Expectus
The following extract from The New England Journal of Really Weird Psychological Stuff is from a groundbreaking paper authored by one of the society’s most distinguished members, Dr. Frank Lee Earnest.
In Humor
FLE: Let me note, I have focused on one troubled couple –– the first I had encountered with this phenomenon, which I’ve named Grand-Kidus Expectus. The patho ... read more
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