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Grandparents: 5 Ways to Deal With a Bully (or Bullied) Grandchild

Posted on 04/23/2012 by Amy Goyer | Aging, Home & Family Expert | Comments

Home & Family | Relationships | Your LifeBullying has been in the news far too much lately. It’s heartbreaking, life-changing and all too often life-ending. What constitutes bullying and how prevalent is it? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in 2009 that 20 percent of high school students nationwide experienced bullying. The National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice Statistics reports 28 percent of students in grades 6–12 experienced bullying in 2008-09. The federal government-run website, www.stopbullying.gov, defines bullying as: Bullying is unwanted, …

7 Ways to Avoid Conflict Over Grandparent Visitation

Posted on 03/23/2012 by Amy Goyer | Aging, Home & Family Expert | Comments

Home & Family | Relationships | Your LifeThe bond between a grandparent and grandchild can be incredibly strong. There is something special about that skipped-generation relationship. But sometimes family conflict between parents and grandparents can keep grandchildren from seeing their grandparents. This was apparently the situation in a recent Alabama grandparent visitation court case that rose all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Takeaway: Grandparents Paying For Family Travel

Posted on 03/5/2012 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsPicking Up The Tab For Family Visits: Travel professionals report an uptick in grandparents flying far-away grandkids in for a visit or paying for the whole family to vacation together.

Jitters Over Juice: Arsenic Levels High In Some Apple, Grape Juices

Posted on 12/1/2011 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthSome of the apple or grape juice you keep on hand for the grandkids — or even yourself — may have elevated levels of arsenic, a new study by Consumer Reports has found. Of 88 samples of various brands of juice tested, nine had more arsenic than the government’s standard for drinking water, or 10 parts per billion (10 ppb). Apple juice brands that had at least one sample with more than 10 ppb of arsenic included Apple & Eve, …

Grand Day for a GrandRally

Posted on 09/19/2011 by Amy Goyer | Aging, Home & Family Expert | Comments

Home & Family | Relationships | VolunteeringNearly 600 grandparent and other relative caregivers nationwide gathered today on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol at the Fourth National GrandRally to make their voices heard and raise support for grandfamilies - and they sure succeeded in doing so.

Grandfamilies: Top Research Topics

Posted on 04/29/2011 by Amy Goyer | Aging, Home & Family Expert | Comments

RelationshipsI co-presented at a session, “Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Preliminary Results of a National Survey on Research and Practice” here at the American Society on Aging’s “Aging in America” conference in San Francisco, along with Deb Whitley from GSU and Andrea Smith from WMU. We were so pleased that we had a good representation of the next generation of researchers and practitioners at our session – undergraduate and graduate students. They are the future. They are the people who will be taking …