Archived Articles on Grandparenting
GrandCare Toolkit
Resources and how to get help for grandparents or other relatives raising children.
February 20, 2009
By: AARP Foundation Grandparent Program | Source: AARP.org
Grandparent Tip Sheet
Tips and resources for grandparents.
December 3, 2008
By: AARP Foundation Grandparent Program
Grandparent Carseat Tips
According to Safe Kids, automobile accidents remain the number-one cause of death for children ages 3–14 in the United States. Every state has laws requiring children to be restrained in car-safety seats, but many grandparents have questions about what seats are appropriate for their grandchildren.
June 5, 2008
By: AARP Foundation | Source: AARP.org
Grandparent School Resources
The education system in our nation has changed a lot since you were in school. There are many options and choices for today's students.
June 5, 2008
By: The AARP Foundation | Source: AARP.org
Grandparent Support Groups Give Back
The number of grandparents becoming primary caregivers for their grandchildren is rising. Already struggling to make ends meet, the grandparents take on a new financial burden that becomes almost too great to bear.
June 5, 2008
By: By the AARP Foundation | Source: AARP.org
Grandparents Ride Seesaw Over Visitation Rights
In the seesaw battle to test grandparents’ rights in child-visitation disputes, Hawaii’s highest court in December reversed the momentum grandparents had recently regained.
March 12, 2008
By: Christopher J. Gearon | Source: AARP.org
AARP Radio: Grandparents Parenting
Studies show that more grandparents are parenting their grandchildren then ever before. AARP Radio found one Wisconsin grandmother raising her grandson after the death of her daughter.
February 25, 2008
By: Steve Rosium
Mr. Rogers' Passion for Learning
Fred Rogers, mild-mannered pioneer of children's TV, author, minister and musician, is not taking retirement lying down. Just over a year after the final airing of episode of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood (it lives on in reruns), he is releasing new books on childhood development, hosting a web site and speaking out on behalf of kids, families and educators
January 8, 2008
Reading to Your Grandchildren
Reading to grandchildren has so many benefits: having fun, building vocabulary, teaching curiosity, creating lifelong readers and, above all, spending time with them.
December 19, 2007
By: Kathy Roberts
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