New research has found that simply visiting a grandparent once a month can help them to live for longer, with isolation from family being linked to an increased risk of early death. But, for some ...

In 2011, 7.7 million children were living in the same household as at least one of their grandparents. 4 This translates into 10% of all children under the age of 18 in the U.S. A sizable minority of ...

About 2% of U.S. children are raised by their grandparents. Paula Christodoulides, who is raising her eight-year-old and ten-year-old grandchildren, said being a parent for the second time around hasn ...

When my son started college in a distant state, he prioritized finding “his people.” He found them, or maybe I should say her, at the church. She was a kind older woman, sitting in the pew, who smiled ...

Relationships aren’t always easy, but the one you’d probably never imagine would be problematic is with your child’s grandparents. And yet, it happens more often than you might think. It can be ...

Meet Nancy and Tom Biracree. Together, the New York couple has decades of parenting under their belt, which they’ve turned into and several parenting books—including the exalted 1990 tome, The Parents ...

If you have a baby on the way, you likely have some grandparents-to-be who are itching to know what they’ll be called, and they deserve a nickname that’s as original as they are. Maybe your kids’ ...

A 529 plan can be a great way to save for your grandkids’ college education, and it is now easier to use in concert with financial aid. Thanks to the FAFSA Simplification Act, the notoriously ...