Grandparenting category: 214 books

Welcome to the sandwich generation. The baby boomers are caring for the elderly parents and often their grandchildren, all at the same time. This is a story about the difficulties of dealing pleasantly with an aging parent who has health problems, cant hear, often lacks cognitive reasoning...

I Remember December focuses on the bond between grandchild and grandparent, and the loneliness of losing someone very dear to your heart at a young age. This short story is based on true events from my childhood, as I remember them.

Sometimes it’s hard to find the right words, especially when you’re writing out a Father’s Day card. You want to express yourself in a way that’s heartfelt without being too sappy. Or maybe you just want to make your cool dad laugh. Either way, you can put a smile on his face with words that...

The work contained in this book was written by four Grandmothers, or Kinship Carers, who look after their grandchildren. They attended a ten-week Creative Writing course during the summer of 2014. This is writing coming straight from the hearts of women who are living through harsh experiences. Their aim is to support other Kinship Carers by giving them insight, guidance and inspiration.

A retired sheriff and his wife go after their young grandson in a riveting tale of familial love and its unexpected consequences. Let Him Go, Larry Watson’s ninth book, returns to big sky country in mid-century America but, with the pervasive menace of a small town family gone wrong and a shocking...

A grandfather remembers his granddaughter's first year, and the joy she has brought to him.

In her acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Motherless Daughters, Hope Edelman explored the profound and lasting effects of mother loss, as well as her own search for healing.  Now, in her compelling new work, Edelman explores another complex, life-changing relationship, the intricate bond between...

What Readers are Saying An amazing captivating story.Itgivesgrandparents raising kids the comfort of knowing, youare not alone. -Bill Trammell, a single grandfather from Wisconsin, raising his adopted grandson. Karen is honest and vulnerable and takes even the worst of what happened...

Michael and Debi Pearl, parents of 5 grown children and 19 grandchildren (more yet to come), have shared their successful experiences of child training to 3 generations. Together they authored To Train Up A Child which has sold over 660,000 copies. Michael's newest book, Training Children to Be Strong...

When it comes to raising your child you want to do all you can to make sure they become a responsible, happy, self-confident strong leader in their families, community, and eventually their career. Psychologist Dr. Henry J. Svec provides you with six easy steps to help you achieve that goal. Dr. Svec,...

I wrote these letters for my grandsons, pouring everything I feel for them into words. I hope they will keep them as lovingly as I wrote them.

This book explores the effects of China’s one child policy on modern Chinese families. It is widely thought that such a policy has contributed to the creation of a generation of little emperors or little suns spoiled by their parents and by the grandparents who have been recruited to care for the...

Incorporating advice from more than 350 families nationwide, this guide offers specific tips for bonding with grandchildren, from babies to teens. Along with a completely revised resource section, this fifth edition features expanded sections on Skyping, texting, and social networking-Facebook, Flickr,...

In On It is the book for the grandparents and best friends, colleagues and neighbors, aunts and uncles, teachers and caregivers of contemporary adoptive families. It offers advice, information and insights into contemporary adoption -- especially for readers who are not themselves adoptive parents....