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-...

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...

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...

"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...

From Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the most indelible characters in American literature Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive, and singular view of...

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.

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, ...

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.

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...

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 ...

What if switching off a screen led to laughter, discovery and real family connection instead of “I’m bored”? Families everywhere are looking for enjoyable ways to help children spend less time on phones, tablets and games. Brilliant Screen-Free Stuff To Do With Kids makes it easy with more than 350 ready-to-use indoor and outdoor activities for parents, grandparents and caregivers. The balanced approach is preferable. Current American Academy of Pediatrics guidance emphasizes healthy digital habits, screen-free times and protecting sleep, physical activity and family interaction. Its ...

""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...

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...

At first glance, it sounds like a question about marriage. Yet it is really a question about something much deeper: legacy. In a culture that often encourages us to think about happiness, attraction, compatibility, and personal fulfilment, this book invites readers to ask a different question. What kind of future are we building? What values are we passing on? What inheritance will our children and grandchildren receive from the choices we make today? Drawing from Scripture and years of pastoral reflection, Would I Trust Them with My Grandchildren? explores marriage, parenting, family ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Quick Practical Guide — From Problem to Solution. Simple. Actionable. Transformative. Being a grandparent today is about more than hugs and cookies — it’s about connection, growth, and understanding a new generation. How to Be a Modern Grandparent is your guide to building deeper, more meaningful relationships with your grandchildren in today’s fast-paced, tech-driven world. 💡 What You’ll Learn: 🧸 Understand Gen Z & Gen Alpha Learn what shapes today’s kids — from values to TikTok — and how to meet them where they are. 💬 Build Emotional Bonds Practice active ...

Be the grandparent your grandkids (and their parents) adore. Canny Granny: How to Be the Favorite Grandparent is a wise, award-winning guide packed with timeless strategies for building strong, lasting relationships across generations. Whether you're a first-time grandma or a seasoned pro, you'll discover how to become the go-to grandparent for holidays, phone calls, special outings, and emotional connection.

What if potty training did not have to be a battle—and what if you could start sooner than you ever imagined? Tiny Steps, Big Success reveals the gentle, science-backed truth that children under two are not only capable of learning to use the potty—they are often eager to. Drawing on global traditions, infant developmental research, and the timeless wisdom of grandparents who have done it before, this inspiring guide walks parents and grandparents through every step of the early potty training journey with warmth, humor, and practical clarity. From decoding your baby's elimination cues ...