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GRANDPARENTING: How to Meet Its Responsibilities

Grandparents have a civic responsibility to build better communities for themselves and future generations by using their experience and perspective to share important social values with their grandchildren.  The book argues that grandparents have an inherent public obligation to involve themselves in how their grandchildren see and react to the world around them   The Midwest Book Review: September 2003 Grandparenting: How to Meet Its Responsibilities by Godfrey Harris is a straightforward, no-nonsense, large-print "reader friendly" introduction to the challenges and rewards of being a grandparent. Emphasizing situational solutions, Grandparenting presents numerous single-page examples of techniques that can readily and effectively be utilized to deal with difficult situations, and make often time-limited grandparent/grandchild encounters as personally rewarding as possible. Grandparenting is a very highly recommended compendium of practical advice for grandparents of all circumstances and familial backgrounds.

Details dozens of different situations and special techniques to 
make the transmission of social values—without having to seek anyone's permission,
without interfering in how grandchildren are raised in the home, and without detracting 
from the pleasure grandkids give—a worthwhile experience. 
Read how to deal with your grandchildren:

At the Mall
In a Restaurant
In an Elevator
In the Car
In an Hotel
On the Street
On the Telephone
In a Waiting Room 

Here are some excerpts from Grandparenting:

ON THE ROLE OF PARENTS V. GRANDPARENTS
 ...the primary interest of parents is to make better children; the primary
 interest of grandparents is to make better communities with the help of those
 children. 

ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GRANDPARENTS
Grandparents have...to show their grandchildren how to react to situations in
public...[to expose them] to what is expected of them with others...and in
all social situations.

ON GRANDCHILDREN IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Love them, respect them, indulge them all you want. Give them all the
attention they need. [But] never forget that batteries die, strings fray,
plastic cracks, balls leak, metal rusts, parts weaken, pieces disappear,
springs break; the lessons of life that grandparents can offer last forever.
 

THE DIFFERENT ROLE OF GREAT-GRANDPARENTS

Great-grandparents should become the transmitters of family histories. Tell
your great-grandchildren about your parents and grandparents—where the family
came from...what they achieved, what...they endured, and how their lives were
altered by man and nature over the years.

ISBN:    0-935047-38-7
PRICE:    16.95

PUBLICATION:    Softbound--Indexed 

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