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A sneaky peek at what you are missing in activities ...
Grannynet groundrules...
Last year we launched our Grandparents' Charter on grannynet and BabyCentre UK (a parenting support website) - a survey conducted online to find out what you really thought about caring for your grandchildren...
This life was about to move on ...
It wasn't that she had grown tired of where she was or even bored with her comfortable existence - but that a deeper life force was moving her on. Her knowledge and awareness of who she was, was complete. She possessed a profound understanding of her being. She was intimate with the physical workings of her body, her every movement interconnected by an effortless flowing motion. She was oblivious to thought - she had no need for thought - she was, she existed and that was all that mattered...
How grandparenting has changed across the generations...
My grandparents were strange people indeed, so I thought. We didn't visit them often and they rarely came to see us as children. They were strangers to us. Maternal grandmother was of a nervous disposition and made it perfectly clear that we were to be seen and not heard. Grandfather was a tormented soul, constantly bowing to his wife and she smacked the top of his head in glee when he offended her...
Create your own comfort zone when away from home...
How often do you stay at your grandchild's house, in order to be there when they wake in the morning, or to deal with bath and bedtime? If you're a fairly regular houseguest, it makes sense to have an overnight bag constantly packed and ready to go. Stock it with a selection of your favourite toiletries, a nightie or pair of pyjamas, toothbrush and toothpaste, and you'll be able to breeze out the door and arrive at your daughter's, or daughter-in-law's, place feeling calm and stress-free which is a good thing, because chances are that she'll be a bundle of frazzlement. That's why she's called on you for help, after all...
Finding out more about your rights as a grandparent...
We all want what is best for our family, but sometimes grandparents can feel left out in the cold. A lot of our members have been asking about legal rights as a grandparent - so in response we have created this new area on the site...
Reports for grandparents
Our aim at grannynet is to provide you with useful and topical information that may affect you in your role as a grandparent. We hope that the following reports help to do just that...