Today's grandparents continue with their careers and activities well into their grandparenting years. Totally Cool Grandparenting explains how these modern grandparents can participate in the traditional joyous responsibilities of their role in up-to-date ways. With clear, upfront advice, humor, and time-tested tactics, gathered from personal experience and dozens of interviews with grandparents-and grandkids-across the country, Linsley covers such topics as:
Spoiling the grandchildren without annoying the parents Giving gifts that the kids will like Handling the visit, from baby-sitting to a holiday vacation Tackling errands with grandkids in tow Coping with modern methods of communication Teaching, giving, and receiving respect And much more
They always say children don't come with a manual, but thanks to Linsley, now grandkids do!
