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Intentional Grandparenting for the 21st Century

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Grandparenting A to Z: 'A' Stands for Accountability

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Grandparenting A to Z: 'A' Stands for Accountability

Accountability is one of the best lessons we learn and pass on to our children and grandchildren. Accountability = Responsibility!

Grandparenting A to Z: 'B' Stands for Blessing

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Grandparenting A to Z: 'B' Stands for Blessing

Grandparenting A to Z is all about ways we can grow as Grandparents to develop strong lasting relationships with our Grandchildren and leave legacies of love. In our Grandparenting A, B, C's, B stands for Blessing!

Grandparenting A to Z: 'C' Stands for Connection

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Grandparenting A to Z: 'C' Stands for Connection

As Grandparents, we begin to focus on how to bridge the gaps between generations. Making those connections is all about the relationships we build. LEARN MORE at www.grandparentingatoz.com TODAY!

Grandparenting A to Z: 'D' Stands For Determination

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Grandparenting A to Z: 'D' Stands For Determination

Determination is one of many life skills we have the privilege and the responsibility to pass on to our Grands! LEARN MORE at www.grandparentingatoz.com TODAY!

Grandparenting A to Z: 'E' Stands For Encourage

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Grandparenting A to Z: 'E' Stands For Encourage

Everyone needs a little encouragement sometimes! Encouraging your Grands is such an important part of building a strong relationship with them. How do you encourage your Grands? LEARN MORE at www.grandparentingatoz.com TODAY!

Grandparenting A, B, C's: 'F' Stands for Forgiveness

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Grandparenting A, B, C's: 'F' Stands for Forgiveness

Life lessons are important. The ability to forgive is one of the best and most critical lessons we can help teach our grandchildren. This week we go in-depth and recommend a resource that may help you in this area. Learn more here... https://grandparentingatoz.com/modeling-forgiveness-for-your-grands/

Grandparenting A,B,C's: 'G' Stands for Generosity

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Grandparenting A,B,C's: 'G' Stands for Generosity

Here's another life lesson that we can help teach our Grands, Generosity. Are you generous with your Grands? Learn More at www.grandparentingatoz.com Today!

Grandparenting A, B, C's: 'H' Stands For Heart

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Grandparenting A, B, C's: 'H' Stands For Heart

Caring for and nurturing the hearts of our Grands is one of our greatest privileges and responsibilities as Grandparents! Subscribe for more Grandparent encouragement and resources at www.grandparentingatoz.com TODAY!

Busy Hands Create Opportunities for Deep Conversations

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Busy Hands Create Opportunities for Deep Conversations

Keeping your Teenage Grands busy with a task you can complete together creates many great opportunities for deep conversations. This is also a great time to teach life lessons and skills that your Grands may not otherwise sit still long enough to learn! For more grandparent-focused encouragement and resources visit grandparentingatoz.com

How to Stop Spoiling Your "Only Child" Grandchild

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How to Stop Spoiling Your "Only Child" Grandchild

They're so precious, smart, loveable, and say the darndest things! You just want to give them the whole world, but you want them to grow up to be a great person too. Today let's talk about how to stop spoiling your "only child" Grandbaby! For more grandparent-focused encouragement and resources visit grandparentingatoz.com

Playing Pretend With Your Young Grands

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Playing Pretend With Your Young Grands

Sometimes as grown people we forget that the best way for children to learn and grow is through play. We can join in on this fun time in our Young Grands' lives by playing pretend with them. It's also a great way to get away from screen time while you're together. For more grandparent-focused encouragement and resources visit grandparentingatoz.com

So You're Going to Be a Grandma Now What

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So You're Going to Be a Grandma Now What

Hurray! Congratulations, you've just received the exciting news that you're going to be a Grandma. We know you're probably just bursting at the seams with joy right now. We're here to fill in the blanks of how to prepare for that precious little one's arrival! For more grandparent-focused encouragement and resources visit grandparentingatoz.com

Teaching Gratitude Through Purposeful Giving

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Teaching Gratitude Through Purposeful Giving

We know it's a little late for Thanksgiving, but we found this in our drafts and thought it was well worth sharing no matter what time of year you're thinking about giving gifts. For more grandparent-focused encouragement and resources visit grandparentingatoz.com

Facing Divorce as a Family

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Facing Divorce as a Family

Divorce is one of those ugly things that happens in so many families today. It affects every person involved from the couple getting divorced to their children and the grandparents of those children. While these circumstances are never one size fits all, there are a few ways you can help your family face a divorce so that the bonds between you and your grandchildren aren't broken entirely. For more grandparent-focused encouragement and resources visit grandparentingatoz.com

The Birds and The Bees: Re-Directing Those Conversations to Your Grands' Parents

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The Birds and The Bees: Re-Directing Those Conversations to Your Grands' Parents

The topic of the Birds and the Bees has certainly gotten more complicated in our culture today. Knowing how to appropriately address your grandchildren's inevitable questions is important. For more grandparent-focused encouragement and resources visit grandparentingatoz.com

Love and Marriage: Addressing the Subject With Our Teenage Grands

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Love and Marriage: Addressing the Subject With Our Teenage Grands

More and more young people are choosing cohabitation instead of marriage. Over half of marriages in the United States end in Divorce. Let's talk about how we model and discuss the topic of healthy marriage and marriage struggles with our Teenage Grandchildren. For more grandparent-focused encouragement and resources visit grandparentingatoz.com

When Grandparents are the Problem Causer in the Family

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When Grandparents are the Problem Causer in the Family

We're starting a new series: When We're The Problem! We'll be discussing many of the circumstances that cause rifts between generations in families and limit grandparents' access to their grandchildren. While it's easy to place blame, we also want to give you the tools to take responsibility and start reconciling those broken relationships today! Learn more at grandparentingatoz.com/membership/

When We're the Problem: Learning to Let Our Adult Children Go

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When We're the Problem: Learning to Let Our Adult Children Go

Learning to allow our adult children to parent their own children their way, can often be a difficult lesson. As Grandparents, we need to embrace this new role in our lives and trust that we've done our jobs as parents to give that middle generation all the resources they need to be great parents too! Find more grandparenting resources and support when you join our community today at grandparentingatoz.com/membership

When We're the Problem: Learning to Respect Boundaries Set By Our Children

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When We're the Problem: Learning to Respect Boundaries Set By Our Children

We know it's fun to break the rules sometimes! However, to maintain healthy relationships with our children and grandchildren it's important to respect the rules too! For more grandparenting resources and encouragement join the GPAZ Member Community at grandparentingatoz.com/membership

When We're the Problem: Resentment and Sharing Affections

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When We're the Problem: Resentment and Sharing Affections

We are moving into the next video in our series on how the grandparents can be the problem. This week we will be looking at the ways in which sharing affections, such as wealth, can cause issues in the family, and the ways in which one can scale-down to avoid resentment between parents and grandparents.

When We're the Problem: Absent Grandparents

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When We're the Problem: Absent Grandparents

In the final week of our series, we are diving into the issue of absent grandparents. Absenteeism, in this case, can come in many forms. However, it is crucial that we understand where the issue of absent grandparenting plays a role in the family dynamic, and the ways in which we can prevent and handle this issue when it is running within our family. Subscribe to become a member, today! https://grandparentingatoz.com/membership/

Coping with Difficult Adult Children: Addiction

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Coping with Difficult Adult Children: Addiction

In our new series, we are focusing on a much more difficult set of conversations. This series is titled "Coping with Difficult Adult Children". With that, we will be discussing issues that may occur within the family and possibly how we can handle them as grandparents. The first week of this series dives deeper into the issue of addiction. If this issue brings up unresolved issues that are personal to you and your family, remember that there are hopefully many resources within your community that you can turn to for help. The information from this video is available through the link below. If you or a loved one are struggling with an issue such as this from the video, please do not hesitate to get help and reach out to others. https://recover.theedgetreatment.com

Coping with Difficult Adult Children: Manipulation

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Coping with Difficult Adult Children: Manipulation

We are now in week two of our series: Coping with Difficult Adult Children. This week we are discussing manipulation, how to recognize it, and how to avoid/handle it within the family. Manipulation can have a large effect on the way families interact, especially between grandparents, parents, and our beloved grands. Sign up to be a member and receive more exclusive grandparenting content! www.grandparentingatoz.com

Coping With Difficult Adult Children: Elder Abuse

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Coping With Difficult Adult Children: Elder Abuse

In Week 3 of our series, Coping With Difficult Adult Children, we're discussing Elder Abuse: signs you can look for and ways to protect yourself. The topic of Elder Abuse is never a comfortable one to address, but it is so important for us to protect ourselves, our friends, and neighbors who may be vulnerable to abuse. If you're finding yourself in one of these situations, don't hesitate to get help today! Here is the article we discuss in today's video: https://www.ncoa.org/article/get-the-facts-on-elder-abuse?fbclid=IwAR14XniGPDHvP5DbizX7xnkVh2uSopjoiPxwG3tSLovNTjf3U10VBPVM2YU

Coping With Difficult Adult Children: Broken Relationships

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Coping With Difficult Adult Children: Broken Relationships

Sadly this happens more often than we would really like to think about. Fallouts between parents and their adult children for whatever reason are heartbreaking and often lead to distance between grandparents and their grandchildren as well. Today we're talking about how to cope in these circumstances and perhaps find some reconciliation.

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