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Dealing with the Disappointment of Cancelled Plans

May 1, 2013
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How do you deal with the disappointment of cancelled plans when your grandchild gets sick? I found 4 steps for dealing with disappointment.

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Ask Amy Is Too Soft on Toxic Grandma

April 24, 2013
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Ask Amy offers advice to a young mom on how to handle her mother who is fat-phobic and may be passing on her eating disorder to her 14-month old granddaughter.

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Are You Different as a Grandma Than Your Mother Was?

March 25, 2013
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Every generation has some similarities and differences with the generation that preceded it. Are you different as a grandma than your mother was?

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Learning to Ask for Help

March 4, 2013
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How do you navigate challenges? Do you head out into the forest to slay the dragon alone? Or do you enlist the help and strategic counsel of other knights and soothsayers?

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We Can’t Hide Things From Our Mothers

February 26, 2013
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We cannot hide things from our mothers. They are like a detective assigned to only one case – us. We’re a puzzle and they know all the misshapen pieces. They know how they fit together.

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Why Do Grandmothers Exist?

February 12, 2013
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I participated in a in a Huff Post Live panel with Judith Shulevitz to discuss her New Republic article: Why Do Grandmothers Exist? Solving an evolutionary mystery.

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Being Present with Grandkids vs. Entertaining Them

January 30, 2013
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As grandparents, we often think we have to entertain our grandchildren when we’re together. But sometimes, just “going with the flow and no place to go” can be better.

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