

Interview: Grandparents Day

Grandparent Prep 101. Seems like there’s a special day for everything now. National Donut Day. National Daughter Day. National Second Favorite Stove Element Day. But recently there’s really only one that matters on my calendar, and that’s National Grandparents Day, coming up on September 13th. It’s the first time I get to celebrate this day. My own grandparents passed away when I was in my...
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Discussing how grandparents can help with getting kids ready to go back to school.

Discussing how grandparents can help with getting kids ready to go back to school.

For some of us used to doing in-studio television segments, the switch to Zoom or Skype interviews which are still aired on national or local channels has been a bit of learning curve. We’ve had to become responsible for our own video quality, lighting, audio, connectivity and set decoration. It had become rare to get make up professionally done at a studio, and even more...
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Take it from me. Once you have a grandchild all you want to do is hold them. At least until they start crying, and then we hand them back, right? Myth buster: even then we still want to hold on to them. Unfortunately, the truth right now is that many of us grandparents, new and veteran, aren’t getting the chance to be as close to...
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