About Raising Grandchildren

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Welcome to our grandparents support group. The challenges and joys of raising yet another child in later life, lack of freedom, added cost of living in retirement, problems with anger management in the abandoned child etc.......

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fractalmom's profile

dual groupage?

seem's like an awful lot of us are in the grandparents raising grandchildren group as well as the parents of addicted adult children group. sigh. i belong to both. how many of us are raising the ... | posted by fractalmom
1 reply - last reply: "Hi there, I am right there with you.... more" ~ mjeninfla2
lanid's profile

joining group

My daughter-in-law left my son, leaving two boys, age 6 and 8. The 8-year-old has autism and has begun speaking in the last year. I've become the primary caregiver, since my son has been working 12... | posted by lanid
Rosebee's profile

Hi I'm new here

but i'm not new to raising grandkids! Ive had the first one for 16 years and others followed soon after. I am down to just 2 now and it sure is different for me! I hope to get lots of info and hope... | posted by Rosebee
1 reply - last reply: "Hi Rosebee. I raised 3 kids of my... more" ~ starmaker
radiomanss's profile

Life change

Hi all. I just found this group and decided to join since my wife and I just received legal and physical custody of two of our grandchildren, ages 1 and 1/2 and 3 and 1/2. We know this will be a ch... | posted by radiomanss
MartinDiano's profile

The Ultimate Guide to Grandparent Names

The Ultimate Guide to Grandparent Names Is your name on the list? Find out... view link | posted by MartinDiano
2 replies - last reply: "My children call me grandmother. I... more" ~ havemercy
kadensgram's profile

new group for me

hello everyone this is a new find for me. i was actually pretty excited to find this group. I was overwhelmed when i found parents of adult addicted kids now this is so exciting to find more grandp... | posted by kadensgram
1 reply - last reply: "Hi, I am on the other site too. I... more" ~ Jenny L.
JennC72's profile

Finding child care in Texas

If you are looking for childcare, pre-schools &/or private school options in Texas, check out www.TheChildCareSource.com. It lists all state licensed child care options in Texas from licensed c... | posted by JennC72
2 replies - last reply: "I agree. not as much chat as I... more" ~ JennC72
DustyJewel's profile

Hello

I just found this group and joined up. I am a single grandmother raising two grandchildren, a boy, Andrew 13, and a girl, Ashley 12. I have had them for 3 years now, and although it can be difficul... | posted by DustyJewel
5 replies - last reply: "Hi, I just read the article and... more" ~ hhmom5
gerryg48's profile

none

The Mrs. and I have been raising 3 grandchildren for 6yrs. Now they are 19, 15 and 11. After all these years, I can't imagine my life without them. Its been a struggle at times, but the rewards hav... | posted by gerryg48
2 replies - last reply: "It's hard work and sometimes I get... more" ~ easttxgranny
MartinDiano's profile

NATIONAL SEARCH LAUNCHED FOR “2009 GRANDPARENT OF

GRAND – The Online Magazine for GRANDparents, Humana and National Children’s Charity KidsPeace Ask Americans To Recognize Critical Role of Grandparents in Good Times – and Bad National Recognition... read more | posted by MartinDiano

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