Grandparent

No matter how patient and understanding someone is, everyone has a point where they finally snap. This is true even for incredibly loving and supportive family members. There are moments when they feel it’s necessary to pull their grandkids aside to teach them a lesson in humility.Case in point, one anonymous grandparent shared how they dealt with their granddaughter constantly behaving in an entitled way and hogging the spotlight. However, they were on the fence about whether or not they might have been too harsh. Read…

Death is not random. Demographers estimate that 75 percent of Americans are expected to live to age 70, meaning that most deaths occur late in life. The death of an older relative, such as a grandparent, is expected. As such, a grandparent’s death is considered part of life and not an event with consequences that ripple through space and time. But what if this is a misconception?Historically, there has not been much research on this topic. Social scientists have tended to downplay grandparental death as a potentially…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As parents struggle to juggle work and family commitments, early childhood education experts are encouraging Australians to acknowledge the important role of grandparents as critical caregivers in society. …