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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: grandchildren
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This is a story Pat, who babysits her four grandchildren two days a week, tells me: She is careful–very careful–about housekeeping on the days she spends in her son's and daughter-in-law's house. If she sees dirty dishes in the sink, she'll clear them. If she sees a floor that's particularly dirty–and with four kids aged…
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Paterfamlias and I are arguing. To pull or not to pull the weeds. PF wants to sheer them down–they are almost as high as he is. I say, hands off. The reason: the weeds in question sit on a small plot in front of our daughter's home and, for all we know, may not be…
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A year ago, I was filled with the warring emotions of sadness and joy. Joy that Alpha daughter was leaving on a great adventure: She and her family–one of my Grands and my son-in-law–would be living in Berlin for a year. What an opportunity. What an eye-opening challenge for my Grand who was then eight…
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An English study looks at grandparent attitudes toward interfering in the discipline of their grandchildren. Hint: they are much like ours.
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When your grown kids live far from home, Sunday evenings at Chinese restaurants can be a sad reminder of what you’re missing.
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It is uncomfortable to watch when our grown children impose stricter disciplinary measures than we would. But that’s their right.
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The grown children stay so focused on their children that it is hard to get an adult conversation going.
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One grandmother articulates what it is she loves about babysitting her grandchildren.
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We hear the car pull up just as the 11:00 nightly news draws to a close. Uber son and his family have arrived: they've come home for a long weekend visit. Our voices are hushed as we hustle out to the car. The two-year-old is bundled from car seat to a big bed inside. The…
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