Grandparents Rights

Here is an opportunity to prove two true but cliché statements.  One is “An ounce of prevention yields a pound of results” and “Luck is where preparedness meets opportunity”. When it comes to your grandchildren or someone close to you with grandchildren there are a couple of things you can and should do to be ready in case life happens in a way that you least expect.  With the divorce rate approaching 50% the odds are that you or someone […]

We all fall into the conversation about our grandkids and how we looooove to spoil them.  I happen to think it is one of our GRANDPARENTS RIGHTS to spoil our grandchildren, however we can choose three roads to that end.      1)  We can give them anything they want and watch them turn green from eating too much candy, soft drinks and ice cream.  2) We can give them some decent if not healthy snacks and drinks and throw in a […]

With the approaching Grandparents Day (September 13th) and Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton, becoming a new grandparent himself, there is a call for grandparents to march on Washington. According to the Huffington Post, Mr. Reich wants new grandparents such as himself to join with grandparents across this country and utilize Grandparents day to call on Congress to pass meaningful Health-Care reform. He advocates the administration backed “Public-Option”. Critics call this an inappropriate use of Grandparents Day. […]