caring grandparents

March 8, 2020

Calling all Caring Grandparents

I ran across something that applies especially to estranged Grandparents. We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.THICH NHAT HANHAs painful and unfair as it is we must keep Loving those little miracles we call Grandkids..
January 21, 2018

GRANDPARENTS RIGHTS ARE MAKING PROGRESS

GRANDPARENTS STANDING IN A COURT OF LAW   The other day I ran across and article on my Grandparents Rights alert on Google. It was an article from 1983 in the New York Times. The outlook for Grandparents in 1983 was certainly bleak. A sign of real and significant progress since then is that there was a ruling to put the 1982 Michigan Grandparents visitation law back on the books in 2004. This cleared the way for Grandparents once again […]
March 21, 2017

TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGIN’ AND PRETTY FAST!

Even the rate of change is changing. I am almost finished reading “Thanks for being late” by Thomas Friedman. He wrote “The world is flat” back in 2005. It spoke to the world becoming one market, etc. He was spot on. In this new book he takes on the rate of change with technology today. As much as I dislike it, the future is NOW. It would be fair for you to ask what this has to do with Grandparents, […]
March 11, 2017

I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE DISPARITY OF GRANDPARENTS RIGHTS STATE TO STATE

HAPPY TIME!   A couple of years ago I did several posts on Senator John East’s attempt to write Grandparents Rights into a federal law to help unify and clarify what is now a very scattered and lacking patchwork of State laws. This committee process was long and detailed which just pointed out the fact that this is, admittedly, a difficult subject. While it may be difficult it is no less important. I am hard pressed to find anything more […]
March 8, 2017

CAN YOU GET YOUR NOSE UNDER THE TENT?

THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE   Being estranged from a Grandchild is an arrow to the heart. We will do anything to re-establish that connection. From the extreme of legally asserting our Grandparents Rights if possible, to, let’s face it, BEGGING. No matter where you are on this continuum it is important that you retreat to your Caring Grandparent place and make a strategic plan before you do anything. Without such a plan we are often tempted to […]
February 24, 2017

WHY THE QUEST FOR GRANDPARENTS RIGHTS IS SO HARD.

Whenever I am called on to explain why Grandparents Rights is such a tough subject I find myself deflecting  the question. The answer(s) are many and very complicated. A lot of why it is hard is that we all start too late. Most Grandparents wait til there is family unit stability trouble on the horizon to start worrying about the potential that they may not see as much of their grands as they wish. In some cases it is whether […]
February 10, 2017

GRANDPARENTS RIGHTS ARE DIFFERENT EVEN IN THE SAME FAMILY

If you have more than one child with children of there own you are probably struck by how different the Grandparenting experience is from one extended family to the others. No matter what your relationship is with your own children you have now added a spouse to each of your own kids. That spouse brings a totally different set of life and familial experiences to your family. When Grandkids are added to the mix ……….You can see where this gets […]
January 30, 2017

GRANDPARENTS RIGHTS AS WELL AS RESPONSIBILITIES

The battle to win Grandparents rights is long, hard and not often rewarding in the short term. That is not to say that it is not worth it. It is only to say that Grandparents Rights may better be seen as Grandparents privileges. Since Grandparents rights aren’t and never will be constitutional it is time for a new approach. I advocate the approach of preemptive mindful actions that allow us a much better chance to be a part of our […]
February 18, 2015

TIMING IS PARAMOUNT WHEN IT COMES TO GRANDPARENTS RIGHTS

  Caring Grandparents will go to the ends of the earth to support and Affirm our grandchildren. It is not only the most powerful thing we can do but it is also a Grandparents Right. I know you care about your grandchildren because you have come to this site. I will warn you that caring isn’t enough. If you are among the 2.5 million grandparents actually raising grandkids then here is an essential bit of advice. If you see disaster […]