GRAND PARENTING

Long distance grandparenting is not as easy as it seems even in this technology-aided age.

You may remember your grandparents as partners in youthful crime or as the rulers of the family. However, you aren't your grandparents. How will you choose to fill that role?

What exactly IS 'attachment parenting'? Does it require a label? When did this trend start? Should I buy the how-to book?

As has often been said, parenting is one of the hardest jobs you will ever have. However, there are some strategies that will give you the greatest return for your time and energy.

Parenting is always an exhausting and challenging proposition. But, having a child in your 40s or even your 50s can be especially daunting. What are the special challenges (and joys) ahead for those brave enough to tackle parenting in middle age?

Being a mother and father is something that marches through the test of time. And most often, it all comes out the exact same in the end!

Joseph and Esther Katz of Manhattan are experts on long-distance grand-parenting. They have two grandchildren living in Israel. And they have five grandchildren living in the US-three grandsons from Chicago and two granddaughters from Nashua, New Hampshire.

Jon Voight is a master of his craft, and an Academy Award winning actor. But after his antics on the red carpet at a recent awards show, Voight isn't about to win any awards in parenting or grand-parenting.

I am a new dad, very new in fact just over three months and what an experience it has been. Stressful, trying, challenging, and satisfying are all words that are applicable to my new reality of being a parent. I want to share some of the struggles, triumphs and failures I have had.

Every parent wants healthy, well-balanced children. But why do some kids turn out to be anything but healthy and well balanced?

An overview of how a parent can effectively deal with one of his or her own children that bites.

Learn to pick your battles with your child, or you'll butt heads constantly, and don't sweat the small stuff! oh, and by the way: after you've been asked to sign papers to allow amputation of any part of your child, it's ALL small stuff!

Sometimes we spend so much time thinking that our kids need the things that we never got as a child but what they really need is us.

A grand mother should be one of the team available for counsel and help. Building trust goes a long way in grand mothering-trust that you won't overstep the boundaries of their smaller family circle and confidence that you're on their side.

More and more often grandparents are being asked to raise their grandchildren and even great grandchildren as the economy tears families apart or mental health problems render parents unreliable. It's an anxious but joyful journey.

Nobody ever told me that after the terrible twos comes the independent threes!

Perhaps you thought those days were behind you--outlet plugs, child-proof caps on medicines, kid car seats. They were--until you heard the joyous news you've waited for all your latter adult life: You're a grandparent!

Still, there is more to life with seizures than just falling down at any time and doing a fish flop.

Learn lessons about your teenage daughter from animated Disney classic "Beauty and the Beast." While animated, the main character delivers songs that speak of her need for independence and belonging.

The bond between grandparents and grandchildren is important. These are suggestions for encouraging the two to spend time together.

In the past twenty or more years since most new grandparents have raised their own children doctor's advice has changed.