Grand Advice
Tried & true, plus the latest on what’s new!
You may have years of experience when it comes to raising kids, but you still want to stay up to date with how your children are managing life’s most important responsibility. The articles here cover parenting trends, current safety issues, child development information and more from a grandparent’s perspective, and will serve as a “refresher course” in baby- and child-care basics.
Becoming a Grandparent
Your Many Roles
Articles
Questions and Answers
Get Involved
Family Relationships
Articles
Questions and Answers
Your Concerns
Questions and Answers
- Disciplining grandchildren?
- Childcare provider concerns?
- My granddaughter won’t let her caregiver leave her sight!
- Grandmother heart-broken?
- Granddaughter's development delayed?
- Why do my two grandsons have school-related anxiety?
- How can I teach my 8-year-old granddaughter self-discipline?
- Could my grandson’s hearing loss have affected his language development?
- My grandson cries over every little thing!
- Grandson biting people?
- Why does my grandson get so upset when others show excitement?
- Grandma careful or over-reacting?
- My grandson cries every time he’s in his mother’s arms!
- My granddaughter hits her dolls
- My grandson likes to pull other people’s pants down!
- My grandson told me he hears voices!
- Why does my granddaughter eat dirt?
- Can a 5-year-old go shirtless at the dinner table?
- Explain pet’s death?
Changing Times
Articles
Keeping Your Grandkids Safe & Healthy
Content for “Practical Advice” includes excerpts from The Happy Helpful Grandma Guide by Leslie Lehr, with permission from Meadowbrook Press. Leslie Lehr, M.F.A., has two children and is a prize-winning author, essayist, and screenwriter. Her mother, Claire J. Lehr, Ph.D., M.F.C.C., has four grandchildren and a doctorate in Child Development. You'll find more about Leslie's books at www.leslielehr.com.
Members of the Fisher-Price® child development experts’ panel also authored content for this section of our web site. Read about them here.
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