Being Grandma and Grandpa: Grandparents Share Advice, Insights and Experiences by Emily Stier Adler


Being Grandma and Grandpa: Grandparents Share Advice, Insights and Experiences
Title : Being Grandma and Grandpa: Grandparents Share Advice, Insights and Experiences
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ISBN : 0578543982
ISBN-10 : 9780578543987
Language : English
Format Type : Kindle Edition
Number of Pages : 142
Publication : Published August 1, 2019

Most people over 50 are grandparents, but few have preparation for this significant role. In Being Grandma and Grandpa, sociologist Emily Stier Adler and psychologist Michele Hoffnung draw on their professional knowledge, their own experiences as involved grandparents of 10 grandchildren between them, and interviews with more than two hundred active grandmothers and grandfathers, to describe contemporary grandparenthood and offer advice. The authors offer important tips to encourage new grandparents and aid those who want new approaches to problems they have encountered.  They cover topics such as how to interact with their grandchildren’s parents, ways to create good family relationships, activities to help cognitive, emotional and social development of grandchildren and how to stay connected even if you live at a distance.

What are the joys and challenges of being a grandparent? How connected do grandparents feel with their grandchildren? How frequently do they see or communicate with them? How much parenting advice should they give to their adult children?  What can they do to keep connected across the miles?  How do family relationships change over time?  If you have questions like these, this candid, caring resource has answers.

Being Grandma and Grandpa: Grandparents Share Advice, Insights and Experiences Reviews

  • Beth

    As one of the grandparents interviewed for this book, I’ve awaited the results. What do I think? My 1st feeling is relief since the print is sufficiently large for the reader’s age when vision becomes a challenge. My 2nd is how interesting it is that men are reluctant to participate in the survey or in the human experience of grandparenting when probably at least 1/3rd to 1/2 of the 70 million grandparents are men. A 3rd is that it delves into the difficulties and solutions that can arise to prevent optimal grandchild relationships when in-laws are involved. I know that people who have two children of the same sex who get opposite sex grandchildren often have high expectations for a relationship with whatever sex their children were not.
    This book is what it purports to be, a sharing of insights & experiences from grandparents corroborated by research. This is the first time I have come across so many “online” citations which enticed me to check out added topics like children’s autism disorder, or when grandchildren provide care for their grandparents. Recommend.