About 25 years ago our son, Randy, bought an assisted living residence. Over the years he has built this business into a successful chain of residences worth millions. It was always assumed his two sons (our grandsons) would join the family business. Eric, now 30, joined the company five years ago after graduating from college […]
Category: Grandparents
Welcome grandparents and parents! We know how important grandparent relationships are, so here you’ll find articles, videos and events on activities grandparents can do with their grandchildren, ways to positively foster these relationships, better communication and appreciation between parents and grandparents (and vice versa!) and more!
Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: What Is Really Going On In That Parent-Grandparent Conflict?
Dr. Gramma Karen is on vacation; she will return on August 4. Meanwhile, we hope you enjoy an interview New York Family conducted with her, reprinted here with permission. What Is Really Going On In That Parent-Grandparent Conflict? By Chloe Rehfield Grandparent guru Dr. Karen Rancourt shares advice for achieving peace and harmony in […]
Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: Grandparents Want To Be Only with Their Well-Behaved Grandchild
I am wondering what you have to say about the following situation I was reading about. A mother describes her two children – a daughter, 7, who is polite, well mannered, easy to be around, and her 4-year-old son, who is sweet, but can be a bit of a handful with temper tantrums and defiant […]
Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: Readers’ Comments, “Young Granddaughter Dresses Sexy”
I received several comments about my column “Young Granddaughter Dresses Sexy”. The mother of a 13-year-old girl comments that “I think an important point is that different clothing are for different environments – hanging out with girlfriends in short shorts at a sleep over is different than wearing a push up bra that powers up […]
Dr. Gramma Karen’s New Book
As many of you may know, my mom writes an awesome and super valuable column for Mommybites called, Ask Dr. Gramma Karen. In it she tackles all sorts of important questions related to parent-grandparent relationships, which are submitted by Mommybites readers. One of the reasons she has been so hugely popular within not only our […]
Granddaughter Wants to Share Bedroom with Her Boyfriend
Our 19-year-old granddaughter Mindy is a college sophomore. She contacted my husband and me to ask if she could stay with us for a weekend while she attends a wedding in our city in a few months. We adore Mindy, and we’ve always had a wonderful relationship with her. We would love to have her […]
Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: Step-Grandmother Discusses Her Favoritism
Dear Readers, In earlier columns I have addressed the topic of grandparent favoritism. In one of my columns a young mother writes about her concern that her children will be damaged by their grandmother’s favoritism, and in a second column, a grandmother worries about the favoritism the other grandmothers shows toward certain of the grandchildren […]
Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: Grandparents and Their Grown Children’s Divorce
Dear readers, This is an unabridged column I wrote for GRAND Magazine. With a 40 percent divorce rate in this country, many grandparents will witness the divorce of their grown children. Having been witness to signs that their grown child’s marriage was in trouble, some grandparents will not be surprised at the news of the […]