http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/parenting-post50 Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-adams/boomerang_b_1558793.html 2012-05-31T10:34:19Z 2012-05-31T10:34:40Z Jane Adams Ph.D. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-adams/ Baby boomers have been enabling their kids' extended adolescence for over two decades, spurred on by their desire to have a more honest, authentic, intimate connection with their children than most of them enjoyed with their own parents. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/baby-boomers">Baby Boomers</a>, <a href="/tag/kids-moving-home">Kids Moving Home</a>, <a href="/tag/parents-adult-children">Parents Adult Children</a>, <a href="/tag/boomerang-generation">Boomerang Generation</a>, <a href="/tag/the-lost-generation">The Lost Generation</a>, <a href="/tag/fifty-news">Fifty News</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/sandwich-generation">Sandwich Generation</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/warren-flick/kids-retirement-parents-help-kids-with-their-retirement_b_1519114.html 2012-05-25T10:22:00Z 2012-05-25T10:22:27Z Warren Flick http://www.huffingtonpost.com/warren-flick/ The United States now has a large cadre of long-term unemployed, and many of them are in their twenties and early thirties. If resources are limited, it may well be wiser to help prepare children for retirement than to help with their current bills. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/kids-retirement">Kids Retirement</a>, <a href="/tag/kids-retirement">Kid&#039;s Retirement</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/finances">Finances</a>, <a href="/tag/childs-retirement">Child&#039;s Retirement</a>, <a href="/tag/retirement">Retirement</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/father-and-sons-graduate-_n_1536180.html 2012-05-23T14:26:00Z 2012-05-23T14:26:38Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ A father and his three sons all earned their MBAs together from Suffolk University's Sawyer Business School this week, after five years of night schoo... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/sons-graduate-with-dad">Sons Graduate With Dad</a>, <a href="/tag/suffolk-university">Suffolk University</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/thomas-demakes">Thomas Demakes</a>, <a href="/tag/the-boston-globe">The Boston Globe</a>, <a href="/tag/dad-graduates-with-sons">Dad Graduates With Sons</a>, <a href="/tag/old-neighborhood-foods">Old Neighborhood Foods</a>, <a href="/tag/jobs-post50">Jobs post50</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/martha-nelson/the-golden-trinity-in-retirement-health-lifestyle-budget_b_1525571.html 2012-05-22T12:45:00Z 2012-05-22T12:45:11Z Martha Nelson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/martha-nelson/ Underlying our retirement search is the golden trinity we have to consider: our health, our desired lifestyle, and our budget. This trio is symbiotic and if one goes awry, it becomes a poison pill for the other two. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a>, <a href="/tag/baby-boomers-retirement">Baby Boomers Retirement</a>, <a href="/tag/budget">Budget</a>, <a href="/tag/finances">Finances</a>, <a href="/tag/retirement">Retirement</a>, <a href="/tag/choices">Choices</a>, <a href="/tag/slideexpand">Slideexpand</a>, <a href="/tag/aging-in-place">Aging in Place</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/senior-health">Senior Health</a>, <a href="/tag/health-and-aging">Health and Aging</a>, <a href="/tag/health-post50">Health Post50</a>, <a href="/tag/health-after-50">Health After 50</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/penny-hoff/empty-nest-syndrome-mom-college-bound-kids_b_1529429.html 2012-05-22T09:57:00Z 2012-05-22T09:57:18Z Penny Love Hoff http://www.huffingtonpost.com/penny-hoff/ In my head, I know that parenthood is just a scaffolding, a temporary support during our children's construction of the actual building of their adult lives. But inwardly, I am beginning the uneasy process of squaring my heart with their growing up and leaving. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/motherhood">Motherhood</a>, <a href="/tag/leaving-for-college">Leaving for College</a>, <a href="/tag/college-bound-kids">College-Bound Kids</a>, <a href="/tag/teenagers">Teenagers</a>, <a href="/tag/college-applications">College Applications</a>, <a href="/tag/empty-nester">Empty Nester</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/empty-nest-syndrome">Empty Nest Syndrome</a>, <a href="/tag/empty-nest">Empty Nest</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/myra-demeter/student-loan-debt-and-parents_b_1513708.html 2012-05-14T01:09:00Z 2012-05-17T13:09:47Z Myra Demeter http://www.huffingtonpost.com/myra-demeter/ I clutched my savings bankbook close to me as I walked with focus and determination to the bank. It was 1968 and I was walking to my savings bank to empty my bank account to pay for college. My passbook represented all the deposits I had made for the past 16 years. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/student-loan-repayment">Student Loan Repayment</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loans">Student Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/parent-loans">Parent Loans</a>, <a href="/tag/parent-student-loan-debt">Parent Student Loan Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/student-loan-debt">Student Loan Debt</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melissa-t-shultz/could-you-live-without-technology_b_1518758.html 2012-05-17T14:14:00Z 2012-05-17T06:51:40Z Melissa T. Shultz http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melissa-t-shultz/ I've met other kids like my son who, unlike my generation, can disconnect quicker -- and not just because their parents or teachers have taken their cellphones and laptops away. I think they genuinely know how to hang out and have a good time without them. Could it be a trend? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/internet">Internet</a>, <a href="/tag/cell-phone-addiction">Cell Phone Addiction</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/digital-overload">Digital Overload</a>, <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/tag/slideexpand">Slideexpand</a>, <a href="/tag/tech-post50">Tech post50</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karin-kasdin/grandparenting-inlaws_b_1510950.html 2012-05-14T10:21:00Z 2012-05-14T10:21:46Z Karin Kasdin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karin-kasdin/ In Yiddish there is a word for the mother of your son-in-law or daughter-in-law. She is your <em>machetenesta</em>. There is no equivalent in the English tongue, no word to describe a relationship between two mothers that can be so fragile and fraught. Someone should think one up. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/grandparent-jealousy">Grandparent Jealousy</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-day">Mother&#039;s Day</a>, <a href="/tag/fifty">Fifty</a>, <a href="/tag/grandparents">Grandparents</a>, <a href="/tag/grandparenting">Grandparenting</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-in-law">Mothers-in-Law</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/13/rita-wilson-mothers-day-parenting_n_1510053.html 2012-05-13T06:46:00Z 2012-05-13T06:46:49Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Happy Mother's Day! On this day that honors the women who bore us, Huff/Post50 Editor-at-Large Rita Wilson pays tribute to her own 90-year-old mom. In... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/post50-parenting">Post50 Parenting</a>, <a href="/tag/rita-wilson-grandparent">Rita Wilson Grandparent</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/rita-wilson-parenting">Rita Wilson Parenting</a>, <a href="/tag/rita-wilson">Rita Wilson</a>, <a href="/tag/rita-wilson-tom-hanks">Rita Wilson Tom Hanks</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-day">Mothers Day</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/rita-wilson-mom">Rita Wilson Mom</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-woodruff/too-old-to-be-a-mom_b_1500549.html 2012-05-09T08:37:00Z 2012-05-09T08:39:50Z Lee Woodruff http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-woodruff/ As I swam my laps, I wondered idly if I really was too old to have kids this young? Was biology nature's way of saying, "you won't have the energy for this in a few years?" And yet how many of us are successful at making life fall in line with the perfect time to marry, procreate or change careers? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/mothers">Mothers</a>, <a href="/tag/motherhood">Motherhood</a>, <a href="/tag/lee-woodruff">Lee Woodruff</a>, <a href="/tag/children">Children</a>, <a href="/tag/parents">Parents</a>, <a href="/tag/middle-age-mothers">Middle Age Mothers</a>, <a href="/tag/too-old-mother">Too Old Mother</a>, <a href="/tag/motherhood-after-50">Motherhood After 50</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-lamar/parenting-teens_b_1485934.html 2012-05-08T17:08:42Z 2012-05-08T17:27:25Z Michelle Lamar http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-lamar/ As the mother of two teen daughters, there are daily parenting challenges that can't be found in parenting books. The "third circle of hell," also known as parenting teenagers, can be rough. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/parenting-teenagers">Parenting Teenagers</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-tips">Parenting Tips</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-day-2012">Mother&#039;s Day 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-day">Mother&#039;s Day</a>, <a href="/tag/humor">Humor</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting">Parenting</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-advice">Parenting Advice</a>, <a href="/tag/teenagers">Teenagers</a>, <a href="/parents">Parents News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/08/tina-knowles-talks-post-50-style-mothers-day_n_1500116.html 2012-05-08T16:58:00Z 2012-05-08T16:59:04Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Beyoncé's mother Tina Knowles appeared on Good Morning NYC to talk about her affordable post 50 fashion line -- Miss Tina, available in regular and p... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/fashion-over-50">Fashion Over 50</a>, <a href="/tag/good-day-new-york">Good Day New York</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/fashion-post50">Fashion post50</a>, <a href="/tag/tina-knowles">Tina Knowles</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-day-pkg">Mothers Day Pkg</a>, <a href="/tag/beyonce-knowles">Beyonce Knowles</a>, <a href="/tag/50-plus-fashion">50 Plus Fashion</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/fashion-for-women-over-60">Fashion for Women Over 60</a>, <a href="/tag/solange-knowles">Solange Knowles</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/07/mother-over-50_n_1492601.html 2012-05-07T16:31:00Z 2012-05-07T16:31:43Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ It was an image and story that would stand out on any newsstand: a naked woman of a certain age -- with a sleek silver haircut and her fair share of w... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/asme-awards">ASME Awards</a>, <a href="/tag/mother-over-50">Mother Over 50</a>, <a href="/tag/older-parents">Older Parents</a>, <a href="/tag/health-post50">Health Post50</a>, <a href="/tag/pregnancy">Pregnancy</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/post-50">Post 50</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-magazine">New York Magazine</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-lamar/raising-teenagers_b_1485914.html 2012-05-07T14:47:39Z 2012-05-07T14:52:56Z Michelle Lamar http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-lamar/ If you haven't experienced the third circle of hell in parenting, a.k.a parenting a teenager, you might want to skip this blog post. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/parenting-teenagers">Parenting Teenagers</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-tips">Parenting Tips</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-day-2012">Mother&#039;s Day 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-day">Mother&#039;s Day</a>, <a href="/tag/humor">Humor</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-day-2012">Mothers Day 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting">Parenting</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-advice">Parenting Advice</a>, <a href="/tag/teenagers">Teenagers</a>, <a href="/tag/raising-teenagers">Raising Teenagers</a>, <a href="/tag/teens">Teens</a>, <a href="/parents">Parents News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-brenoff/mothers-day-gifts-this-boomer-does-not-want_b_1434796.html 2012-05-03T13:47:00Z 2012-05-03T13:46:30Z Ann Brenoff http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-brenoff/ Since my kids will likely want to surprise me (beyond remembering the whipped cream cheese and lox), I do want to pre-empt a few things that probably shouldn't be on anyone's Mother's Day gift list anyway. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/shoes-for-bunions">Shoes for Bunions</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-day">Mother&#039;s Day</a>, <a href="/tag/bunions">Bunions</a>, <a href="/tag/coachella">Coachella</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-day-gifts">Mother&#039;s Day Gifts</a>, <a href="/tag/bad-mothers-day-gifts">Bad Mother&#039;s Day Gifts</a>, <a href="/tag/fifty-news">Fifty News</a>, <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/tag/hologram-tupac">Hologram Tupac</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-day-pkg">Mothers-Day-Pkg</a>, <a href="/tag/comfortable-shoes">Comfortable Shoes</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/slideexpand">Slideexpand</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/02/nancy-shulins-falling-for-eli-infertility-horses-riding_n_1465979.html 2012-05-02T09:09:00Z 2012-05-02T09:09:44Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ One of the reasons I started my website was to create a place where women can come together and dream. Women should know that they don't have to hang ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/reinvention">Reinvention</a>, <a href="/tag/marlo-thomas">Marlo Thomas</a>, <a href="/tag/falling-for-eli">Falling for Eli</a>, <a href="/tag/it-aint-over">It Ain&#039;t Over</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/motherhood">Motherhood</a>, <a href="/tag/horses">Horses</a>, <a href="/tag/horseback-riding">Horseback Riding</a>, <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/tag/nancy-shulins">Nancy Shulins</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/boomerang-kids-multigenerational-households-living-with-adult-children_n_1434966.html 2012-05-01T09:01:00Z 2012-05-01T09:02:41Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Thanks to the recession, we have a new expression in the lexicon: baby gloomers -- boomers whose adult kids have moved back home with them. Unable to ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/baby-boomers">Baby Boomers</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/full-nests">Full Nests</a>, <a href="/tag/failure-to-launch">Failure to Launch</a>, <a href="/tag/sandwich-generation">Sandwich Generation</a>, <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/tag/fifty-news">Fifty News</a>, <a href="/tag/kids-moving-back-in">Kids Moving Back In</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/23/hugh-grant-on-fatherhood_n_1445731.html 2012-04-23T11:18:00Z 2012-04-23T11:18:18Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Actor Hugh Grant, 51, recently traded in his traditional romantic roles for something a bit more animated. Grant has loaned his voice to the character... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/post50-celebrities">Post50 Celebrities</a>, <a href="/tag/pirates-band-of-misfits">Pirates Band of Misfits</a>, <a href="/tag/hugh-grant">Hugh Grant</a>, <a href="/tag/inheritance">Inheritance</a>, <a href="/tag/post-50-celebrities">Post 50 Celebrities</a>, <a href="/tag/today-show">Today Show</a>, <a href="/tag/fatherhood">Fatherhood</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting">Parenting</a>, <a href="/tag/hugh-grant-fatherhood">Hugh Grant Fatherhood</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/al-roker">Al Roker</a>, <a href="/tag/hugh-grant-parenting">Hugh Grant Parenting</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lori-mccoy/rite-of-passage-for-teens_b_1419324.html 2012-04-19T08:34:00Z 2012-04-19T08:35:19Z Lori McCoy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lori-mccoy/ Facebook's privacy settings are not easy. In fact, many of my Boomer generation friends have requested my help with their Facebook account and privacy settings. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/email">Email</a>, <a href="/tag/internet">Internet</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook-privacy">Facebook Privacy</a>, <a href="/tag/baby-boomers">Baby Boomers</a>, <a href="/tag/social-networking">Social Networking</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="/tag/gmail">Gmail</a>, <a href="/tag/parents-teens">Parents-Teens</a>, <a href="/tag/teens">Teens</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-brenoff/stayathome-mom-debate-rea_b_1420700.html 2012-04-12T17:15:45Z 2012-04-12T17:15:41Z Ann Brenoff http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-brenoff/ Wow, talk about a conversational flashback. Thanks to Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen saying how Ann Romney -- stay-at-home Mom to five boys -- "actually never worked a day in her life," that old can of worms about SAHMs has again been reopened. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/boomer-parents">Boomer Parents</a>, <a href="/tag/stay-at-home-moms">Stay-at-Home Moms</a>, <a href="/tag/fifty-news">Fifty News</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting">Parenting</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/stay-at-home-dads">Stay at Home Dads</a>, <a href="/tag/stay-at-home-moms">Stay at Home Moms</a>, <a href="/tag/stay-at-home-mothers">Stay at Home Mothers</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liddy-manson/caregiving_b_1408981.html 2012-04-09T11:50:57Z 2012-04-09T11:52:04Z Liddy Manson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liddy-manson/ She couldn't leave her bed at all during the final months, but the city came to her, one person at a time, to say goodbye in the room where they'd said so many hellos. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/the-greatest-generation">The Greatest Generation</a>, <a href="/tag/caring-for-aging-parents">Caring for Aging Parents</a>, <a href="/tag/aging-parents">Aging Parents</a>, <a href="/tag/greatest-generation">Greatest Generation</a>, <a href="/tag/caregiving">Caregiving</a>, <a href="/tag/remembering">Remembering</a>, <a href="/tag/aging">Aging</a>, <a href="/tag/death-and-dying">Death and Dying</a>, <a href="/tag/huffpost50">Huff/post50</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/aging-process">Aging Process</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-parents">Parenting Parents</a>, <a href="/tag/aging-parent">Aging Parent</a>, <a href="/tag/aging-advice">Aging Advice</a>, <a href="/tag/cancer">Cancer</a>, <a href="/tag/dying-with-dignity">Dying With Dignity</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/suzanne-braun-levine/choices-about-parenthood_b_1401061.html 2012-04-06T08:43:00Z 2012-04-06T08:43:33Z Suzanne Braun Levine http://www.huffingtonpost.com/suzanne-braun-levine/ I finally understood why a father-friend of ours was so outraged when, in our childless phase, my husband said he was getting interested in "having the experience" of parenting. As if that even began to describe it. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/women">Women</a>, <a href="/tag/women-friends">Women Friends</a>, <a href="/tag/children">Children</a>, <a href="/tag/motherhood">Motherhood</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting">Parenting</a>, <a href="/tag/jennifer-westfeldt">Jennifer Westfeldt</a>, <a href="/tag/jon-hamm">Jon Hamm</a>, <a href="/tag/friends-with-kids">Friends With Kids</a>, <a href="/tag/baby-boomers">Baby Boomers</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/debra-ollivier/do-smart-phones-make-you-stupid_b_1381181.html 2012-04-03T10:29:00Z 2012-04-03T10:29:51Z Debra Ollivier http://www.huffingtonpost.com/debra-ollivier/ My son is sure that smart phones will make you smarter. I beg to differ -- and that's whether you're 16 or 60. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/online-marketing">Online Marketing</a>, <a href="/tag/smart-phones">Smart Phones</a>, <a href="/tag/teens-and-technology">Teens and Technology</a>, <a href="/tag/cell-phones">Cell Phones</a>, <a href="/tag/pen">Pen</a>, <a href="/tag/facebook">Facebook</a>, <a href="/tag/computer-addiction">Computer Addiction</a>, <a href="/tag/baby-boomers">Baby Boomers</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-woodruff/oar-in-the-water_b_1383211.html 2012-03-28T10:14:00Z 2012-03-28T10:14:57Z Lee Woodruff http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-woodruff/ Young women today tell me they will not delay childbearing. They have seen too many women wake up at 40 wearing the "I forgot to have kids" sandwich board. And I hold my tongue. There is no cookie-cutter approach to any of this, no one-size-fits-all. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/career-advice">Career Advice</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting">Parenting</a>, <a href="/tag/lee-woodruff">Lee Woodruff</a>, <a href="/tag/stay-at-home-mothers">Stay at Home Mothers</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karin-kasdin/long-distance-grandparents_b_1322655.html 2012-03-06T15:14:05Z 2012-03-06T15:22:30Z Karin Kasdin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karin-kasdin/ As nightmares go, my month-long stay in Los Angeles from which I have recently returned, qualifies as a quadruple whammy. I was living my new life as a grandmother. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/long-distance-parenting">Long-Distance Parenting</a>, <a href="/tag/long-distance-grandparenting">Long-Distance Grandparenting</a>, <a href="/tag/sacrifices-grandchildren">Sacrifices Grandchildren</a>, <a href="/tag/long-distance-parents">Long Distance Parents</a>, <a href="/tag/long-distance-grandparents">Long-Distance Grandparents</a>, <a href="/tag/long-distance-grandparents">Long Distance Grandparents</a>, <a href="/tag/grandparents-sacrifices">Grandparents Sacrifices</a>, <a href="/tag/long-distance-grandparenting">Long Distance Grandparenting</a>, <a href="/tag/long-distance-parents">Long-Distance Parents</a>, <a href="/tag/parenting-post50">Parenting post50</a>, <a href="/tag/baby-boomers-grandchildren">Baby Boomers Grandchildren</a>, <a href="/tag/long-distance-parenting">Long Distance Parenting</a>, <a href="/tag/grandparents">Grandparents</a>, <a href="/fifty">Fifty News</a></p>