Being a grandparent is a wonderful experience, but also a huge responsibility. From sleeping arrangements to baby monitors, there are a lot safety precautions to consider.
Learn about some of the key safety measures you should take if a little one is staying at your home in this animated video. Just make sure your rules are not too restrictive or your family might not want to visit. Grandparenting is a journey of love—one that requires your flexibility, adaptability, patience and commitment. This is a wonderful article. I especially loved that explanation of the different roles grandparents play in the lives of their grandchildren.
That bond is so important and life changing. Old times are past, old days are done. But the law runs true, my little son! Loved this article. Thank you for all of this valuable information. This is an excellent reference. Thank you for such a complete and well rounded treatment of our privileges as grandparents. I have a wonderful friend who is attending a ministry conference in Oregon on this topic with whom I shared the article. I love my role as grandparent and believe it is a great way to be a disciple.
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Floor puzzles are one of our favs! Try this geography floor puzzle. Gardening Pass on your green thumb to your grandchild by growing berries , pumpkins , vegetables , or flowers together. Get your grandkid excited about gardening with their own set of tools.
Reading Parents love when their kids squeeze in some reading time at Grandma's house. No matter the age of your grandkids, they will enjoy Roald Dahl's stories. Playground Time Hitting the playground with an energetic child is a great way for you both to get exercise!
App Exploration Kids these days Bird Watching Duck. Get the grandkids excited about bird watching with their own set of binoculars. Lunch Date What grandparent doesn't love showing off her grandchild? Movie Day Rainy days call for a trip to the movies. Teach a Hobby Whether you're into fishing, knitting, or anything in between, your grandchild will love learning a new hobby or skill from you.
I keep paper, chip board like what goes behind pictures in a frame , scissors, markers, glue, pencils, and different things they can embellish their crafts with. Or they can just draw. I was thrilled when my oldest granddaughter learned to read! In addition, I love introducing books to the grandchildren.
Reading is still one of my favorite activities and I love having little readers in the family. We visit libraries and bookstores to get books to read.
As well as books I read myself, I also introduce them to books my children loved reading. When my own children were small, their grandparents traveled a lot and sent postcards from every location.
The kids still have all of these postcards 25 years later! When you travel, take addresses and stamps with you to make it easier. Teach them something you like to do. Cook, knit, crochet, play soccer, bake a cake, fish, ride a bike, make friendship bracelets. You get the idea. Children of various ages can help clean out a closet, weed a garden, dust furniture, or go grocery shopping. This activity has the distinction of being the grandkids favorite activity and my least favorite activity.
They have amazing memories of going to the pools at my apartments. Overnights are a favorite memorable activity for grandkids. I get my coffee and they get juice or milk and a muffin. You could also help them cook dinner for the parents, make some cookies, or do a little cleaning if the parents are out.
My little grandchildren love to hear stories about their mom and her siblings when they were little. They love to hear what they liked to do and times when they got into trouble. My dad used to put camp outs together for my kids and their cousins.
There would always a tent set up and a campfire. The most memorable campout was the night a storm came through and everyone ended up inside. Anytime you give to grandchildren is good time spent. Most of these are special occasions. Sprinkle them in through the years and you will create amazing memories with your grandchildren.
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October 6, Geographical distance isn't terribly important for grandparents who are fit, healthy, and financially able to afford the cost of frequent trips to see grandchildren. Although grandparents agree that there is no substitute for face-to-face interaction, technology has made it easier to build a relationship with grandchildren across the miles.
Older grandchildren will appreciate loving text messages, as long as they are not too frequent. Facebook and other social networking sites are also good for staying in touch with tweens , teens, and young adult grandchildren.
The bottom line is that loving grandparents will find a way to bridge the distance. Grandparents who stay in frequent contact with their grandchildren have closer relationships, but physical distance isn't the only obstacle to contact.
Parental divorce commonly has a drastic effect on contact between grandchildren and grandparents. However, the parents of the non-custodial parent frequently find their contact with grandchildren greatly reduced. Since women still receive custody more frequently than men, most of the time maternal grandparents have an enhanced relationship with their grandchildren after divorce, while paternal grandparents have a reduced role.
Of course, more fathers are winning custody, and joint custody is on the rise. Perhaps in the future divorce will not affect the grandparent-grandchild relationship as radically as it often does today. When grandparents provide child care for grandchildren or become actual or surrogate parents to their grandchildren, they have a greater than average opportunity to bond.
Also, research shows that it is the regular presence of grandparents that results in closeness rather than the functions that they perform. Families that expect strong relationships between the generations are more likely to have them. That's because family members are taught from an early age that family members share obligations.
Those obligations may include caregiving for children and for the elderly, financial assistance and general sharing of tasks. And the assistance flows in both directions — from young to old, from old to young. Families that have this type of culture are more likely to demonstrate strong grandparent-grandchild bonds than families in which individuality and independence top the list of values. Such families also adopt practices that keep extended families close.
Although grandparents and grandchildren often report mutual closeness, grandparents may report a greater degree of closeness than the younger generation.
That's just natural. When families work as they should, children are closest to their parents and siblings. Grandparents usually occupy their second circle or second tier of emotional proximity. As children grow, their circles enlarge, and their peers become vitally important to them. Grandparents may be further displaced. Grandparents, on the other hand, often live in a world of shrinking circles, as their peers and older relatives die, move away or suffer from serious health issues.
Their children and grandchildren may come to occupy a larger space in their lives.
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