Extended Family

Home In A Home As Families Live Together Longer

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Multigenerational, Latino, Video, Extended Family, Hispanics, Asians, Multigenerational Homes, Home Design, Latino Voices News

LOS ANGELES -- It's a home within a home – and it could be coming soon to a home near you. Builders across the country are revamping home desig...

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The Special Bond Between Grandparents And Grandkids (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Grandchildren, Baby Boomers, Extended Family, Family Relationships, Grandparents, Grandparenting, Raising Grandchildren, Fifty News

Huff/Post50 recently covered a survey by the AARP that found grandparents play a vital role in family life in the U.S. From assisting with the cost of...

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Who Is In Control When Your Loved One Has Cancer?

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Family Members, End of Life, Dying, Wwjd, What Would Jesus Do, Cancer, Extended Family, Family, Control, Christianity, Death & Dying, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

n reality, Susan can't control what is happening in her body, so she needs to control what she can, and so she is trying to control how others handle her disease ... at least as far as it concerns how they will deal with her.

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8 Ways We Improve With Age

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Long-Term-Marriage, Midlife Crisis, Empty Nest, Siblings, Midlife, Reinvention, Aging, Healhty Aging, Beauty, Aging Appearance, Confidence, Ageless Beauty, Extended Family, Fifty News
Vivian Diller, Ph.D.

When it comes to turning 50, "The Midlife Crisis" is as inaccurate -- and tiresome -- a cliché as "Reinvent Yourself" has become.

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Holiday Dinner, Divorce Style: Thanksgiving With The Ex And His Wife

Catherine Texier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarte Tatin, Thanksgiving, Extended Family, Divorce, Ex-Husband, Divorce News
Catherine Texier

After my divorce, when my ex-husband and his new wife were expecting their first child together, my mother casually suggested one day, during one of her yearly Christmas visits to New York: "maybe you could be a big, extended family? And you could even spend the holidays together?"

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Big Momma Is In The (White) House

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: White House, First Granny, Michelle Obama, Grandmother, President Obama, Family, Politics, Marian Robinson, Big Mama, Obama, First Grandmother, Barack Obama, Big Mamas, Race, U.S. Presidency, Sasha and Malia, Black Family, Obama Family, African American Family, The Obama Family, African Americans, Society, President Elect Obama, Extended Family, White House Family, Obama White House, Black Family Values, Maya Angelou, Black Community Values, Healthy Living News
Yvonne R. Davis

Analyzed as part of the multi-generational black family, grandmothers have often served as both patriarch and matriarch, guiding the black family through the toils and crises of our time.

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