Tips & Lists
Tips for Great Book Clubs
Six Suggestions for Promoting the Health, Happiness, and Continued Well-Being of Your Book Club
There are no rules for what makes a successful book club – they’re as individual as their members, and what works for one group doesn’t necessarily make it for another. Still, my limited experience as a book club member leads me to [...]
Tips for Car Seat Safety
Grandparents often are asked to transport grandchildren from place to place. Before you put that “precious cargo” into your automobile, here is a list of things that Transport Canada Recommends:
Don’t rush to move your child up from one stage to the next. As long they are still in the right weight/height range of the seat [...]
Take our EMERGENCY Quiz
Do you feel prepared for an emergency? When you have the grandchildren over or are out with them, anything can happen. You need to make sure you are prepared to help in an emergency. Take this test to see how ready you are for these sitations:
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1. If someone is not breathing, they…
a] may lose circulation [...]
Sharing YOUR space
By Rebecca Winton
You have just finished cleaning out your son or daughter’s bedroom and before you know it, the grandchildren want to sleep over. Here are five easy tips to help you make sure your precious cargo feel comfortable in the bedroom and have a wonderful peaceful sleep.
In order for all your grandchildren to sleep over at [...]
Low Cost Fun Activites
by Nancy D. Butler
My grandchildren and I have done so many crafts together. I see this not only as a fun way for us to spend quality time together, but also as an opportunity to teach them planning, working together, doing for others and so much more. One low cost craft has been decorating pillow [...]
Eco Friendly Products
On Sunday April 22nd, more than a billion people are expected to participate in an Earth Day activity. What a wonderful way for us to show the Earth that we really care. There are other ways to show on a regular basis as well. There are so many fantastic companies that offer interesting products with [...]
MORE Ways to
Get the Kids to Help Out
Last week, our etiquette expert, Louise Fox gave us 10 great ways to get older grandchildren engaged in helping out around the house. As our grandchildren mature, it is so important to place age appropriate expectations on them. There are so many ways for your grandchild to help out around the house when they [...]
10 Tips on how to
Get the Kids to Help Out!
by Louise Fox
When your grandchildren come over for a visit, there is no reason for them to treat your house with disrespect. You may not agree with some of their behaviours at their home, but once in your house, you can instill some good manners in them that they can carry forward with them.
Here are [...]
Tips to Being On Time
Punctuality is important. Some take great offense to tardiness. By showing the grandchildren that their grandmother and grandfather are respectful for timing, will help them gain a respect for it as well.
Be realistic about how much time it will take to do something, not how long you wish it would take.
Allow yourself more time than [...]
3 *Rules* for Effective Praise
We all crave praise. It doesn’t have to be in the form of ‘over-expressiveness’ all the time. The grandchildren will pick up on the lack of sincerity. Letting them know when they do something right, even the simplest task, will help build their self esteem. The key is to be specific so they learn what [...]
