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penny
I'm a writer and editor with two grown children and four grands.
Interests: parenting, yoga, bicycling, novels about India, memoir writing
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Grandparenting: Play is more than play when we play with our grandkids
Posted 4 days ago at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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as a participant in the physical releasing of our family home--the severing of the physical from the emotional--thanks for your loving care.
P.S. Tomalin book highly recommended.
Downsizing: Our housing decisions are emotional ones for our children
There comes a time when the kids are grown and the house we raised them in is too big, too much to maintain, a burden to carry or a source of little and big repair bills. The roof might need replacing. The driveway is cratering. The washer and dryer are aging out. Or all of the above. We were ...
Observation: Carolyn Hax on what to do if a grown child pushes you away.
Posted Apr 5, 2021 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Addendum on travel from the Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/vaccine-covid-travel-wait-safe/2021/03/31/e725b1f2-9166-11eb-a74e-1f4cf89fd948_story.html
Covid, Kids and the Comfort of a Hug: Is it safe to travel to see our kids and grandkids?
The headlines have been reassuring: "Grandparents are getting to hug their grandkids for the first time after getting vaccinated." Well, that's fine for grandparents who live near their grandkids or within driving distance. Those of us who have to fly--well, that's another story. In the best o...
Covid, Kids and the Comfort of a Hug: Is it safe to travel to see our kids and grandkids?
Posted Mar 30, 2021 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Covid, Us and Our Grown Kids: We're a luckier generation.
Posted Mar 23, 2021 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Downsizing: Our housing decisions are emotional ones for our children
Posted Mar 15, 2021 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Observation: Philip Galanes on when to give our children advice about parenting our grandchildren
Posted Mar 8, 2021 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Communication Skills: Keeping conversations with grownkids and grandkids fresh
Posted Mar 1, 2021 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Observations: We are unique as grandparents.
Posted Feb 22, 2021 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Re-filled nests: Our adult children have moved in. They don't like it either.
Posted Feb 16, 2021 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Vaccine Hunters: Who can helm our search for Covid protection?
Posted Feb 10, 2021 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Covid, Grown Kids and Technology: Our kids help us through the hard parts--even from afar.
Posted Feb 1, 2021 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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New Grandparents: Do we have babynaming rights?
Posted Jan 25, 2021 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Daddy Indulgence: If we're guilty of over-helping our young-adult children, is that bad?
Posted Jan 19, 2021 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Re-Formed Nests: Grown kids are moving back home--a trend with a Covid accelerant.
Posted Jan 13, 2021 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Observation: Buddha's comfort for these troubling times
Posted Dec 21, 2020 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Holidays Together with Our Kids? Ways to decide how much risk to take.
Posted Dec 14, 2020 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Empty Nest: Why are we happier than our young adult kids are?
Posted Dec 9, 2020 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Report on Virtual Thanksgivings: Zoomsgiving fun.
Posted Dec 1, 2020 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Virtual Adjustments: We will have a memorable Thanksgiving even if it's digital.
Posted Nov 22, 2020 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Observation: A veteran health reporter puts this year's pandemic-afflicted Thanksgiving in perspective
Posted Nov 16, 2020 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Grownkids Parenting Their Parents: The pandemic threatens to make us our children's children.
Posted Nov 10, 2020 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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Pandemic Fallout: Where did the family get-togethers go?
Posted Nov 2, 2020 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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A Removable Feast: Ways to enjoy Thanksgiving together when we can't be together.
Posted Oct 27, 2020 at Parenting Grown Children: What Dr. Spock Forgot to Tell Us
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