GRANDPARENTING
Voices
Honoring the Veteran in
Your Family
AARP family expert Amy Goyer talks about how the veteran in your family can educate younger generations.
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Useful Calculators
For Grandparents Raising Grandchildren:
- Find out if you qualify for Social Security benefits.
- Figure out your insurance needs to cover assets in case of an accident.
- Determine whether or not a Health Savings Account is best for your granchild.
Tools
GrandCare Toolkit
A thorough listing of health, financial, and safety resources for grandfamilies or relatives raising children.
Tips for Grandparents
Looking for a fun activity or vacation destination for yourself and your grandchild? We have some great ideas!
GrandCare Support Locator
Here's a searchable treasure trove of community resources to help grandparents and other relatives raising children, and to assist grandparents with visitation issues.
Benefits QuickLINK
Find out if you or the children you’re raising are eligible for key public and private benefits.
Guide to Public Benefits
Use this quick reference to find out about cash assistance, health, nutrition, and tax-credit programs designed to help grandfamilies.
AARP Foundation Grandparenting Program
This one-stop shop has reference materials and contacts for first-time grandparents and for those raising their grandchildren.
State Visitation Laws
Having problems visiting your grandchildren? Find out what steps you can take—in or out of court.
GrandCare Newsletter
Read or download past issues of the AARP Foundation's Grandparenting Program
newsletter. Or subscribe to the newsletter, which includes tips, resources, and updates on issues concerning grandparents who raise kids.
How to preserve your family's history. Author Frank O. Sotomayor gives tips from his experiences in searching for his family's lost stories.
Save a Buck:
Kids Eat Free
Taking your grandchildren out to eat is more of a treat when they can pig out for free—or at least at a discount.
Grandparents Now
Get Death Benefits
Grandparents and other non-spousal, kinship caregivers now will be allowed to receive a one-time, $100,000 "death gratuity" to raise a fallen soldier's child.
From the Online Community
Group: Just Talkin'
Is the art of "please" and "thank-you" getting lost with the younger generation?
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Journal: Expectant
User RockyMountainGirl shares her love of babies, which eventually led her to be a volunteer foster mother for newborns.
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Bring Family Stories to Life
Was your grandfather a World War I pilot? Or was your aunt a backup singer for Elvis Presley? Learn how to bring your family stories to life. It's all in the presentation, says AARP family expert, Amy Goyer.
Can't Afford to Travel?
Check out our fun and easy gadgets to keep in touch with family when traveling is too costly.
Seattle Wooing More Grandparents
Once known for its music scene, Seattle is attracting more grandparents, who are leaving jobs, friends, and other family members behind to spend more time with their progeny.
Books for Grandparents
Overstocked shelves at local bookstores might make it difficult for grandparents to find the perfect book for their grandchildren.
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