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- After the Minneapolis Killings: Nora Ephron on parenting grown children
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recent posts
- Sharing Family History: What one generation owes another.
- Gifting and Getting: A wish list for gifts from grandkids
- Blast from the Past: Our youthful slang is no longer passé.
- Money Matters: Data on how the Bank of Mom and Dad is doing?
- After the Minneapolis Killings: Nora Ephron on parenting grown children
© Penelope Lemov and Parenting Grown Children, 2025. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given.
Category: gift giving
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When you’re blessed with grandchildren as well as step-grandchildren, it [ays to keep the gift-giving equal.
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Is there a price to pay if we decide we have enough money to live happily and pay our bills? Is there a bigger price if we don’t?
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It isn’t how extravagant or indulgent our gifts to grown or Grand kids are that’s important; it’s whether they are in line with our values.
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An advice columnist puts our gift-giving indulgences in perspective, at least in terms of our grandkids.
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Don’t scrimp on your retirement spending in order to leave money to the grown kids. They don’t want it or expect it–or so the studies say.
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Even before grandbabies are born–or even conceived–grandparents-to-be can start saving for their college costs.
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As our grown kids get older, they may find pleasure in a gift from a treasure in our storage bins.
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