Parenting Grandparents

Your journey to peaceful grandparenting starts here… In today’s parenting world, everything has changed—again. From sleep routines to screen time, social media and modern medical advice are reshaping how today’s parents raise their children. For many grandparents, this can feel unfamiliar—and sometimes even frustrating. If you’ve ever found yourself biting your tongue or walking on eggshells around your adult children, you’re not alone. In A Grandparents’ Guide to Modern Parenting, Lucy Lamont—mother, grandmother, and compassionate observer—offers thoughtful, experience-...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Let go of perfect and become a transformative, positive influence in a child’s life while creating your own definition of success with this “wisdom-packed guide” (Orpah Daily) from developmental psychologist and podcaster Dr. Aliza Pressman. “My go-to for how we...

From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Laurie Frankel, an exuberant and timely new novel. "Becky Ann Baker doesn’t just voice Pepper, she animates the entire ensemble beautifully ... For a book this reliant on comic timing to carry its politics and important questions about elder...

**Narrated by the Author** An essential guide for parents and caregivers, this book offers insights, strategies, and understanding to navigate middle childhood (ages 6–12). Dr. Sheryl Gonzalez Ziegler, a seasoned clinical psychologist and mother, highlights ways to foster resilience, encourage...

"Based on groundbreaking research that has the power to change the lives of countless children--and the adults who love them." --Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts. A book that offers hope and a pathway to success for parents, teachers, psychologists, and child development...

Rooted in the science of the brain, and integrating cognitive neuroscience and child development, Mindful Parenting is a unique program that speaks directly to today's busy families who make up what Dr. Race calls "Generation Stress." Research has shown that mindfulness practices stimulate the prefrontal cortex of the brain. Regular stimulation of this part of the brain helps us feel happier, healthier, calmer, less anxious, less stressed, and makes it easier for us to concentrate and think clearly - the very behavior we are hoping our children will display.

When her son's addiction left her three grandchildren with nowhere safe to go, Patricia Doyle did what so many grandparents before her have done: she said yes before she had time to think it through. What followed was not just a parenting challenge but an entirely unmapped journey through family court, school enrollment offices, benefits paperwork, and a grief she had never expected to carry twice in one lifetime. Raising Them Again: The Grandparent's Playbook for Kinship Caregiving is the comprehensive, heartfelt guide Patricia wishes someone had handed her on day one. Drawing on more than...

When we’re young and innocent we can't wait to grow up and begin our lives as imagined. But then life happens and we rarely get the life we expected. What happened? What went wrong? My husband and I had four wonderful children with blossoming lives ahead. But my daughter, who suffered from drug addiction, thought she'd be spared after giving birth. She planned to devote her life to him, but was now on drugs. "Should I save her?" asked Brady, her precious four-year-old son. "No one can save her, sweetheart," I answered. "Only she can save herself." A riveting story of my family's ...

Bringing Up Boys by parenting expert and best-selling author Dr. James Dobson was, and continues to be, a runaway hit, selling more than 2 million copies to date. Now, Dr. Dobson presents his highly anticipated companion book: Bringing Up Girls. Based on extensive research, and handled with Dr. Dobson's trademark down-to-earth approach, Bringing Up Girls will equip parents like you to face the challenges of raising your daughters to become healthy, happy, and successful women who overcome challenges specific to girls and women today and who ultimately excel in life.

Grandparents, here is the book you have been looking for! Helping Grandparents Understand Autism is a grandparent-friendly guide by Dr. Linda Barboa and Jan Luck. It was designed to help you understand this complex disorder and how it affects your grandchild. It tells how communication difficulties and sensory issues may affect your grandchild’s behavior.

""In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning."" - F. Scott Fitzgerald A coming-of-age novel—a heady union of Before Sunrise and Beautiful Ruins—about a father and his teenage son who are forced to spend two sleepless nights exploring the city of Marseilles...

Brilliant Screen-Free Stuff To Do With Kids -- A Simple Way to Turn Everyday Moments Into Fun, Learning, and Connection If you’ve ever heard “I’m bored…” right after turning off a screen, this book is for you. Brilliant Screen-Free Stuff To Do With Kids is your go-to guide for keeping children happily engaged—without relying on phones, tablets, or TV. Whether you’re a parent, grandparent, or caregiver, this book gives you easy, ready-to-use ideas that help children stay active, curious, and entertained. Inside, you’ll find 350+ simple indoor and outdoor activities designed ...

There’s a quiet epidemic in our culture: The fastest-growing type of family unit is grandparents charged with the task of raising their children’s children. Though there are myriad reasons for this—the death of one’s adult child, parental drug addiction, abusive living situations, or incarceration, to name a few—the effects tend to be the same: senior citizens who expected to spend their golden years relaxing or traveling are now seeing their dreams dashed. Those on limited incomes are feeling the strain and are frightened about their futures.

Digital Grandpa and Grandma is a warm, practical guide for grandparents who want to stay deeply connected with their grandchildren in a fast-paced, technology-driven world. Filled with simple activities, playful ideas, meaningful traditions, and heartfelt wisdom, this book shows how love can travel across screens, miles, and generations. From FaceTime games and storytelling magic to legacy letters and age-specific connection tips, this book helps grandparents build lifelong bonds with grandchildren of every age—from toddlers to teens. Whether you live nearby or far away, you’ll discover...

The relationship between grandparents and grandchildren is one of life’s most precious bonds, but keeping up with modern parenting approaches can feel overwhelming for many grandparents. As gentle parenting becomes increasingly popular among today’s parents, grandparents often find themselves uncertain about how to support their adult children’s parenting choices while keeping their special role in their grandchildren’s lives. This guide bridges that gap and offers grandparents the tools and understanding they need to embrace gentle parenting principles and create consistency across...

Praying the Proverbs: A Battle Strategy for Parents in Hard Seasons with Adult Children — a devotional for parents and grandparents walking through hard seasons with their adult children. When love is costly, boundaries are blurry, and hope feels thin, this book guides you day by day to pray Scripture, set holy limits, and keep your heart steady. Rooted in Proverbs and threaded through the whole Bible, these readings speak to addiction, estrangement, manipulation, idleness, sexual confusion, incarceration, and the ache of grandparenting in the gap—without shaming you or your child. What...

You didn't do anything wrong. The role changed. Somewhere in the last few years, a simple question stopped being simple. You ask how the job is going and hear an edge in the answer. You offer help and watch it land as pressure. You leave a little more space, and the space turns into silence. Nothing here is broken — nobody is in crisis, nobody has walked away — but you've started drafting a text three times before you send it. The old parent-and-child roles don't fit two adults. Most books hand you a diagnosis for that. This one hands you sentences. Parent Less, Connect More with Your ...

Do you look at your family living room and feel a quiet, aching sense of distance, even when everyone is sitting in the same room? You set the screen-time limits, install the filters, and pray fiercely, yet the constant, blue-light buzz of the digital age always seems to find a way back in. It is exhausting to fight a silent, multi-billion-dollar algorithm for the hearts of your children, leaving you wondering if you are fighting a losing war. In those quiet moments of parent-guilt and grandparent-worry, the nagging doubt whispers that you are simply failing to protect the young souls ...

Is your family geographically scattered? Has globalisation made your family a distance family? This audiobook tells the candid story of how distance parents and distance grandparents struggle - and succeed - to adapt to their new reality. This isn’t family life as they had imagined it. If you are a distance parent or distance grandparent, all those how, why, and what-if questions will find answers in these sections. You’ll realise, perhaps for the first time, that you’re not alone on your journey.

Raising a grandchild is one of the most profound—and often unexpected—journeys a person can face. It is a path filled with love, sacrifice, healing, and unshakable resilience. Parenting Our Grandchildren is a deeply moving, practical, and empowering guide written for the grandparents who have stepped forward when life took an unexpected turn. With compassion, wisdom, and honesty, this book walks alongside grandparents as they navigate the emotional, legal, financial, and developmental challenges of raising a second generation. Through thirty powerful chapters, it offers understanding, ...