Grandmothers

Forgetting Grandma

Kip Patrick | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: The South, Maw Maw, Kip Patrick, Mother's Day, Alzheimer's, Travel, Grandmothers, Grandma, Travel News

It was my first backpacking trip abroad, a one-year trek through Central and South America, and I did a very bad thing. For the first six weeks I was ...

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A Mother's Scorecard

Sherri Edwards | Posted 05.10.2012

Year 7: Nothing will be more endearing than coming home to find your husband with his hair in barrettes having a tea party with your daughters.

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WATCH: 3 Grannys Watch, Comment On Kim Kardashian's Sex Tape

Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: UK Viral Videos, Video, Post 50s, Kim Kardashian Sex Tape, Sex Tape, Kim Kardashian, Grandmothers, Fifty News

These ladies who lunch have far more scintillating things to dish over than their grandchildren and bingo tourneys. Watch this hilarious video of thre...

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My Grandmother Gave Me Sex Advice -- But There Was Much More To It Than That

Alison DeNisco | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Love Sex, Sex, Grand Mother Sex Advice, Relationship Advice, Grandma Sex Advice, Grandparents, Love, Grandmothers, Sex Advice, Slidepollajax, Women News

The first time I read the now-famous sex letter she sent me, I was shocked and amused at her amazing openness and took it as a gesture of love. She truly wanted to help guide me in the only way she knew how.

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What 2.5 Million Grandparents Are Now Doing

USA Today | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Grandchildren, Grandparents, Grandparenting, Grandparents Raising Kids, Grandmothers, Fifty News

These are supposed to be their golden years. They worked hard, earned a decent living and raised their family. Now it's time to relax and reap the ben...

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Celebrity Grandparents Who Don't Look Like Grandparents

Huff/Post50 | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Grannies, Post50 Celebrities, Hollywood Grandparents, Stars Who Are Grandparents, Celebrity Grandparents, Grandpa, Grandparents, Slidepollajax, Grandfathers, Grandmothers, Fifty News

When we hear the word "granny," we can't help thinking of Irene Ryan in "The Beverly Hillbillies," or the Looney Tunes character who co-stars with Twe...

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Today's Grannies Don't Look Much Like Grannies

Pat Gallagher | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Fashion, Fashion Statement, Harriet Nelson, Grandmothers, June Cleaver, Post 50, Grandparenting, Fifty News

Just because I have the title of grandmother doesn't mean I have to feel silly wearing jeans with those shredded slits cut out zigzagging up and down the legs, and I dare someone to question my motives with statements like, "She's dressing half her age." Really? Bite me.

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Family Ties: What My Son Will Never Experience

Devon Corneal | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Parents-Kids, Grandparents, Grandfathers, Raising Kids, Grandmothers, Living Near Grandparents, Grandparents Babysitting, Parents-Moms, Parents News

There are days when I long for the network of people that used to exist before families splintered and migrated and dissipated. I don't know if it was better, or simpler or easier, but I do know this -- I would save a lot of money on babysitting.

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Grammies On The Grammys

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 02.12.2012

Every expert and critic delivers their predictions in the lead-up to Sunday night's Grammy Awards ceremony. But one group of cultural surveyors is con...

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64 and Having A Baby -‐ Week 14

Linda Bergman | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Cool Grandmothers, Pregnancy, Post 50 Working Out, Post 50 Exericse, Becoming a Grandmother, Lifting Weights, Fetus Development, Grandmothers, Fetus Growth, Grandma Working Out, Fifty News

I may consider myself chic and hip, but the truth is I have injected more Botox than the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, my hearing is going and I can barely lift my purse since my spine surgery. How am I going to hear or pick up a baby?

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The Tax Credit That's Helping Single Women-Headed Families Fight Poverty

Nicola Goren | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Taxes, Women, File, Earned Income Tax Credit, Children, Economy, Single Mothers, Grandmothers, Women News

For millions of American families -- especially those headed by single women -- this tax season will offer hope, security and a potential reprieve from the crippling impact of the economy.

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The New Post 50: Raquel Welch Vs. Aunt Bee

Pat Gallagher | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Aging, Women Aging, Grandmothers, Women's Aging, Fifty News

One day, young ladies -- somewhere between the age of 50 and 65 -- you will be wearing my grandmother's panties. I promise.

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How Caribbean Corn Chowder Reunited My Grandmother and Me

Kristin Braswell | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Corn Chowder, Recipes, Grandmothers, Soup Recipes, Black Voices News

I love to cook. Oddly enough, this love provided the perfect recipe to bring my grandmother and I back together after three years of not speaking.

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How To Thank The Women Who Paved The Way

Kristen Houghton | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Greatest Generation, Health, Equal-Rights-Amendment-Women, Future Generations, Mothers, Grandmothers, Property, Great Depression, Women News

The next time you sign a legal document that makes you a property owner or receive a degree, stop for a moment and say a silent thank you to the women who came before you.

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Welcome To the Age of Competitive Grandparenting

Betsy Brown Braun | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Being a Grandparent, Spoiling Kids, Spoiling Grandkids, Grandparents, Memories of Grandparents, Grandmothers, Parents News

Your parents are not trying to undermine your goals. Just like you do, your in-laws want your children to become appreciative, and have "the right" values. But their desire to be adored, even favored, can trump their common sense and your goals.

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I Get to Be Granma

Nancy Alvarez | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Becoming a Grandparent, Grandparents, Grandparenting, Grandparents Raising Kids, Grandmothers, Grandkids, Growing Older, Fifty News

I have thought of moving from my little country town to the city where my grandsons live, but I have made a life for myself here and still want to live it. Being Granma doesn't mean I have to give up me.

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Ex-Rockette, 92, Uses Dance To Fund Cancer Research

Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Video, Tap Dance, Good-News, American Cancer Society, Charity, Everyday-Heroes, Uso, Rockettes, Grandmothers, Impact News

Louise Neistat was a Rockette...during World War II. But for the 92-year-old, age hasn't gotten in the way of her passion for dance or her desire to h...

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Grandmas For Hire: L.A.-Based Childcare Firm Offers New Career For Mature Women

Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Domestic Help, Video, Childcare, Los Angeles California, Domestic Workers, Grandparents, Los Angeles, Grandmothers, Grandmas for Hire, Fifty News

Women of a certain age who are struggling to find work now have a new option, as a Los Angeles-based employment agency is offering what some are calli...

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Supporting Grandparents Caring for Children

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Grandrally, Grandparents, Grandparenting, Grandmothers, Relative Child Care, Relatives, Foster Care, Child Care, Bv-Parenting, Impact News

As rampant unemployment and housing foreclosures ravage families across our nation, an increasing number of children are living in households headed by grandparents and other relatives, often three generations sharing scarce resources due to the recession.

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Are Grandparents The New Parents?

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Grandparents, Grandfathers, Grandparents Raising Kids, Grandmothers, Number of Grandparents Raising Kids, Parents News

WASHINGTON — America is swiftly becoming a granny state. Less frail and more involved, today's grandparents are shunning retirement homes and st...

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In Her Last Hour of Life, My Grandmother Told Her Story

Brienne Walsh | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Saying Goodbye, The Bronx, Grandmothers, True Love, Death, Mourning, Irish, Granddaughters, Dying, Grieving Loss, Death Penalty, Dying With Dignity, Grieving, My-Story, Women News

My sister and I sat with my grandmother while she lay dying a few months ago. Against her pale skin, freckled and dotted with beauty marks, I laid my arm.

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Blamed, Shamed And Framed

Lillian Daniel | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Family Conflict, Judgment, Alcoholism, Justice, Grandmothers, Judgment and Christianity, Teachings of Jesus, Christianity, Christian Love, Religion News

Jesus once said, "I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world."

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Your Turn: Our Grandmothers

Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Your Turn, Video, Grandmothers, Women News

My grandmother was a wonderful source of inspiration. Her intrepid, fun-loving character, and the support she always provided, greatly encouraged me i...

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Homeless After Divorce

Marsha Temlock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Parenting Tips, Divorce, Single Parents, Grandparenting, Parenting Advice, Grandmothers, Divorce News

Nothing throws life more off kilter than when a single again offspring in the throes of divorce is looking for a safe harbor and family is the anchor.

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PHOTOS: SUPERHERO ART: Photographer Sacha Goldberger's Superhero Grandma

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Photography, Frederika, Art, Nazis, Mamika, Sacha Goldberger, My Modern Met, Myspace, Hungary, Grandmothers, Arts News

To cheer up his 91-year-old grandma, Frederika, French photographer Sacha Goldberger took a series of photographs with his Hungarian grandmother in bi...

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