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Grandparents | Grandparents

deborah-j-doucette's picture
Feb.14.2013
Grandparents as parents are becoming common in our culture, but we as a society do not understand how fast this phenomenom is growing, how many issues are involved, or how they impact the family as a whole.  Situations where grandparents have informal custody remain grossly underreported....
david-niall-wilson's picture
Aug.29.2012
There was a time when pie was more important. Fat, fruit-stuffed confections lined the booths at state and county fairs, cooled in the windows of kitchens across the world, sprouted blackbirds in nursery rhymes and rose to iconic glory as a symbol of goodness and patriotism. That was then. Pies, as...
nadine-galinsky-feldman's picture
Sep.16.2009
Provides support, comfort, and encouragement to grieving grandparents.
lucy-coats's picture
Jan.30.2009
Paulo the shepherd boy drives his family mad with his humming, so his grandfather gives him an old flute to distract him. But oh dear! His playing is really terrible and all his sheep run away. Luckily, Paulo is helped out by all the animals, birds and insects in the meadows he loves, and soon he...
dotti-enderle's picture
Mar.21.2008
Buddy and Buck Bunion, known as the dumbest boys in Texas and worthless rascals, have met their match with Granny Gert. After being chased out of Amarillo, the Bunion Brothers ask Granny Gert for a job. She agrees to give them a chance but threatens to sic Mad Dog on them if they don't behave....
dotti-enderle's picture
Mar.21.2008
Eleven-year-old Lizzie is minding the family antique store while her grandpa naps on a spindly sofa. When Mrs. Larchmont and her poodle, Giselle, enter and begin their buying spree, they refuse to leave without bargaining for the one antique not for sale...Grandpa!