A Grandparent asks Why Must Arts & Humanities Lose Out to Technology?
By Carol Hutcheson Someone once remarked that the only certain thing in life is change. We know that the education is different from what we experienced. However, with the big push for better test scores, new methods and new curriculum, we shouldn’t throw the baby out with the bath water. Technology has taken front row [...]
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Second Tour of Duty
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Second Tour of Duty By Carol Hutcheson You thought when you raised your own children and sent them on their way, that your duties of parenting were completed. Right? Wrong…at least for some 1.5 million grandparents who have found themselves once again, the primary caregiver of kids. One in ten grandparents [...]
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: The Big Gaping Wound
By Beth Q. Beck EdD. Kinship CareStatistics show that more and more grandparents are raising their grandchildren (called “kinship care”). When kinship care occurs, relationships and roles in families change. For instance, raising a grandchild means your role becomes much closer to that of mom and dad than doting grandparents. The family dynamics in kinship [...]
Heroes of the Media: The Killers of our Grandchildren
By Carol Hutcheson I was horrified by the mass killings on the Virginia Tech campus. l While the act was decried by the shocked media, in the very same breath the media showed photos of the killer in a bold defiant pose, guns in both hands, which gave the killer exactly what he had hoped [...]
The Times They Were A-Changin’
By a 58 year old grandmother My grandson asked me what I thought of such things as the shootings at schools, computers and what it was like when I was young. I took a few minutes to think Let’s see. I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xeroxes, contact lenses, Frisbees and [...]
When Grandparents Experience the Death of a Grandchild
By Debbie Weir When grandparents experience the death of a grandchild, they must grieve even as they help their own children cope with the loss. Cathy Hefflinger and Barb Anderson understand grief. In fact, they understand a particularly debilitating grief many people never consider, few books have been written about and hardly anyone discusses. It [...]
9 Ways to Bond With Your Grandchildren
By E. Christina Dabis Question: Because the word “bonding” is so politically correct, are you doomed to fail? Answer: No! Just remember your grandkids have little friends and you don’t look anything like them. They want a grandparent, slightly eccentric, with some money, a car, a driver’s license and a great sense of humor. So [...]
How to Talk About World News With Your Grandchildren
By Lauren Teegarden Adults depend upon a 24-hour barrage of news. Television, radio, newspapers, or the internet act as a necessary link to the world for adults, but many children find the process—and the adult reaction— both confusing and frightening. Exposure. Most adults don’t realize just how much exposure children get to the news, even [...]
