Grandparenting Tips & Resources
By: AARP Foundation's Grandparent Information Center | Source: AARP.org | Date Posted:
GrandCare Toolkit | Childcare | Your Grandchild | Gifts & Finances
Fun & Activities | Travel | Family Challenges | Resources & Research
Fun & Activities | Travel | Family Challenges | Resources & Research
GrandCare Toolkit for Grandfamilies: Raising your Grandchildren or Other Relatives’ Children
Where to Find Help
- Finding Help to Raise a Grandchild
- Grandparent Support Locator
- Grand Fact Sheets: State Fact Sheets for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children
- GrandCare News: the Newsletter for Grandparent Caregivers
- Benefits QuickLINK for Grandfamilies
- AARP Legal Services Network
- AARP Foundation Grandparenting resource materials
Finances
- Public Benefits Programs
- Guide to Public Benefits for Grandfamilies
- Benefits QuickLINK
- Health Insurance
- Help for Grandfamilies in Financial Crisis
- Tax Tips
- AARP Financial's "Grandparents' Place": Invest in Your Grandchild’s Future
- Managing Your Money
- Reverse Mortgages
- Ace Your Job Interview
- AARP Foundation WorkSearch
- Finding Help to Raise a Grandchild
- School’s In: Homeschooling Grandchildren
- Women’s Scholarship Program
- Tips on Buying a New Computer
- Computing With Grandchildren: A Beginner’s Guide
- Guide to Public Benefits for Grandfamilies
- Finding Health Insurance
- Public Benefits Programs
- Benefits QuickLINK For Grandfamilies
- Step Up to Better Health
- Pay Attention to Your Mental Health: Get Screened for Depression
- Healthy Snacking
- Steps to Healthy Living for Caring Grandparents
- Finding Help to Raise a Grandchild
- Housing Issues
- Making Your Home Safe for Grandchildren
- Why Take a Driver-Safety Class?
- Guide to Public Benefits for Grandfamilies
- Benefits QuickLINK For Grandfamilies
- Finding Help to Raise a Grandchild
- When Your Grandchild’s Parent Is in Prison
- Special Needs
- Trauma
- When Your Grandchild’s Parent Is Addicted
- Difficult Behaviors
- Hard Times Drive Adult Kids 'Home'
- Support Groups for Grandparents
Care for the Caregiver
- Grandparent-Support Locator
- Steps to Healthy Living for Caring Grandparents
- Support Groups for Grandparents
- Taking Care of Yourself, Too!
- What to Do When There’s Too Much to Do
- Handling Your Stress
- Work Out Your Stress With Physical Activity
- When Stress Gets the Better of You
- Healthy Bodies Fight Stress Better
- Healthy Snacking
- Pay Attention to Your Mental Health: Get Screened for Depression
Providing Childcare for Grandchildren
- Creating a Family Childcare Agreement
- Getting Organized for Childcare
- Making Your Home Safe for Grandchildren
- When Grandparents Provide Childcare
- Why Take a Driver-Safety Class?
Your Grandchild
- Child Development
- Difficult Behaviors
- Keeping Grandchildren Healthy
- Succeeding in School
- When Your Grandchild’s Parent Is in Prison
- Special Needs
- Trauma
- When Your Grandchild’s Parent Is Addicted
- Difficult Behaviors
Gifts & Finances
- Making Financial Gifts to Grandchildren
- Section 529 Plans Offer Tax Incentives to Save for Grandkids’ Education
- Choosing Toys for Grandchildren
- Giving Gifts to Your Grandchildren
- Grandparents Draw the Line on Generosity
- AARP Financial's "Grandparents' Place": Invest in Your Grandchild’s Future
Fun & Activities
- Welcome to Grandparenting
- Becoming a Grandparent
- Bonding With Grandchildren Over Books
- Books for Grandchildren
- Computing with Grandchildren: A Beginner’s Guide
- Choosing Toys for Grandchildren
- Laughing With Your Grandchildren
- Long-Distance Grandparenting
- Playing With Our Grandchildren
- How to Be the Best Grandparent Ever
- For My Grandchild: A Grandmother’s Gift of Memory
- From Your Grandfather: A Gift of Memory for My Grandchild
Travel
- Outdoor Vacations With Grandchildren
- Touring With Grandchildren: Grand Canyon
- Traveling With Grandchildren
- The Gang’s All Here
Family Challenges
- Grandparents' Role in the Family
- Long-Distance Grandparenting
- Step-Grandparenting
- Visitation
- Hard Times Drive Adult Kids 'Home'
- When Your Grandchild’s Parent Is in Prison
- When Your Grandchild’s Parent Is Addicted
Resources and Research
- Grandparent Support Locator
- Grand Fact Sheets
- Benefits QuickLINK For Grandfamilies
- GrandCare News
- AARP Foundation’s Grandparenting Resource Materials
- Census 2000 Data About Grandparent-Headed Households
- 2002 Grandparent Study Report
- AARP Financial's "Grandparents' Place": Invest in Your Grandchild’s Future
- Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, a Global Perspective
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