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- Blast from the Past: Our youthful slang is no longer passé.
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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: grandchildren
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when grandchildren come to stay at your house for an extended period of time, does that change the rule on who is the Disciplinarian in Chief?
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One role we seem to take on as parents of grown children is keeping open the commmunication networks between our grown children and the rest of our family and close friends.
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What’s a grandparent to do when a grandchild behaves badly toward them?
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An insight into the heart and mind of a new mother toward her grandparenting parents.
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When you are the granny as nanny, you can still be fired at will.
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Is a grandparent a pushover if they’re always available to babysit?.
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A blogger lists the 50 best sites for and about grandparenting, including grownchildren.net.
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We may have been opera stars or football greats, but that doesn’t mean our young grandchildren want us to teach them our techniques.