So you’re thinking “how can Grannynet be useful to me?” Grandparenting is a hugely rewarding experience but it does come with its challenges.
Grannynet has lots of interesting ADVICE & IDEAS, as well as a friendly FORUM where you can chat to other women like yourself about anything you choose. Plus, if you need to buy anything for your grandchildren then do visit our shop. Remember to BECOME A MEMBER to receive our free newsletters.
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‘She’s being threatened with exclusion. She never seems to go to school, or when she is there, she’s always being sent to the head. Her mum and dad are beside themselves. What can we do?’
When a child is in trouble at school or truanting, the whole family may feel desperate, with no idea what to [...]
Grandparents can become kinship carers overnight. We hope these tips might help make it a better transition for all the family.
‘The phone rang at midnight. We were fast asleep. It was a social worker saying they had got our grandchildren and were putting them into emergency care – but wanted to check if we could [...]
One thing you can be sure of, your pregnant daughter or daughter-in-law will be overloaded with information on how she should look after herself, from doctors, midwives and health visitors. But when she comes to eat at your home, is it safe to offer cheese, eggs, fish?
A balanced diet
According to the Food Standards Agency, it’s [...]
Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. Here are 10 great ones that will help keep grandchildren, from pre-schoolers to pre-teens, occupied, interested and in control while travelling with you.
Fancy a few days in the great outdoors? Camp sites come in all shapes and sizes and the choice can be baffling. Here, with the help of the Camping and Caravanning Club we describe the main types of camp site available here and abroad and explain how you can find some good ones.
Commercial sites
There are [...]
The Camping and Caravanning Club’s New to Camping campaign is designed to help new or returning campers find all the information they need to get started. Here are the reasons why it’s a very good idea to go camping!
Remember the first time
Those long, hot summer holidays when you were a youngster. The smell of grass, [...]
Grannynet have partnered up with the experts at Antenatal Online to provide you with two videos (Early Days Package) that will help update you on the latest sleep and health information as well as giving you a refresher course on nappies and your grandchild’s needs in the first few weeks.
If you are interested then click here to take a look [...]
Grandmas are invaluable when it comes to helping with the children – after all, not only have you done it all before, but you did so with the very people who have now given you grandchildren – so you have living proof of the fact that you are eminently capable and well-versed in all things [...]
You’ve probably seen people flashing them about on the street – fancy-looking mobile phones that appear capable of doing anything. Smartphones may seem like something out of science fiction – a computer that fits in your pocket! – but they’re taking over the mobile phone market.
What a smartphone can do
What can a smartphone do for [...]
Here we give you 8 more ways to make your summer holiday as inexpensive as possible, writes Jasmine Birtles of Moneymagpie. From cashback and currency deals to cheap calls and free guide books, you’ll be able to save pounds – and euros and dollars and…!
Why make a will?
Every person over 18 should make a last will and testament setting out their final wishes. It is the only way you can be certain that your estate, whatever its value, is passed on to your loved ones.
It is important to review your will and, if your circumstances change, such as the [...]
Here we give you 8 more ways to make your summer holiday as inexpensive as possible, writes Jasmine Birtles of Moneymagpie. From cashback and currency deals to cheap calls and free guide books, you’ll be able to save pounds – and euros and dollars and…!
Helpful hints to holidaying with grandchildren
It goes without saying that holidays should be the highlight of the year – something for everyone to look forward to.
But research by leading escorted tour operator Leger Holidays found that for many grandparents, planning a holiday with extended family was causing them concern. A poll of more than 1,000 [...]
If you are thinking of going on a cruise, there is only one exhibition dedicated to helping you discover a world of voyages: The Telegraph CRUISE Show – SECC Glasgow / NEC Birmingham.
What’s your idea of the perfect cruise? Relaxing in modern holiday resorts with a plethora of activities to keep your grandchildren amused? Or maybe visiting [...]
Here we give you 8 more ways to make your summer holiday as inexpensive as possible, writes Jasmine Birtles of Moneymagpie. From cashback and currency deals to cheap calls and free guide books, you’ll be able to save pounds – and euros and dollars and…!
Why make a will?
Every person over 18 should make a last will and testament setting out their final wishes. It is the only way you can be certain that your estate, whatever its value, is passed on to your loved ones.
It is important to review your will and, if your circumstances change, such as the [...]
Child benefit will no longer be a universal benefit paid to all families with children. From 2013, households with one individual earning over £44,000 will no longer be eligible. George Osborne has told us that child benefit will cease to be paid to higher tax payers from 2013.
An estimated 1.2 million families – in which [...]
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