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Hot Grandparents!
It’s official. Sixtyish is the new fortyish. A recent survey by AOL’s Parentdish celebrated Grandparents' Day (if you don’t know when that is, you missed it) by voting for Hollywood’s Hottest Grandparents. Who won? Harrison Ford and Goldie Hawn are at the top of the list. Ford was followed by Tony Danza, Paul McCartney and Steven...
Insight
Absentee Grandparents
I cannot believe I am having this conversation again. It's my mother, calling to say that she will be postponing her visit to see her grandson for the fourth time. "I very much wanted to come but I have to go to a conference in Heidelberg," she said in her accented English. "I won't have any money afterwards so I'll plan to come in a few months...
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Parents Advertising for Surrogate Grandmas
There's no question kids who have them love their grandparents - they spoil them rotten. But if your parents are gone, or might as well be, would you be willing to use the term "grandparent" loosely? What about letting a perfect stranger stand in, just so your kids can have a grandparent? A growing number of parents are doing just that. They'...
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Grandpa Hires Hitman So He Can Visit Granddaughter
How can you say no to a Grandpa who just wants to see his little granddaughter? When he's the type of guy who'd hire a hitman to rough you up for it, I'd say you have some pretty good grounds. David Ward of Pacific, Missouri, has been accused of hiring a hitman to beat up his daughter, providing him with the woman's address and pictures so he co...
Parental Advisory
Grandparents Just Don’t Understand
My in-laws are on the plane, arriving shortly for two weeks over the holidays. They want to give us some nights out to ourselves and babysit our four-month-old, but I'm worried about it, because they believe that crying is a natural and even healthy part of being a baby. When he cries, they talk to him and pat him, but they don't ever manage to s...
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Breaking News: Obama’s Grandmother Dies
Oh no!Well, this is truly sad news, for many reasons. Barack Obama's ailing grandmother, Madelyn "Toot" Dunham, died today. She was 86.With just one day to go in this huge, huge election, Obama's sister Maya Soetoro-Ng announced the news.Condolences, of course, to the Obama family. We're also shaking our heads that she won'...
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Three-Year-old Takes Joy Ride Atop Grandma’s Lexus
Whatever your worst nightmare is when you leave your kids with Grandma, it can't be worse than this.A 54-year-old grandmother in the Florida Keys was arrested and jailed after she was spotted driving her Lexus around a parking lot with her three-year-old granddaughter on top of it. Read more...
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