Grandmothering/Grandparenting

[foreverinbluejeans]

There really should be a grandmothering sub-forum in family life!

I've been reading Mothering since the late 1970s and now I am co-parenting my grandbaby. He and his parents live with me and his mama is going back to work full time next week. His father is looking for a job.

It seems like there would have to be enough people with grandchildren for a sub-forum.

[JessicaS]

We have it on the list of forums to consider when we start adding forums again.

[wbg]

I think that is a great idea. In the meantime, why don't you start your own grand-parenting tribe?

[Geigerin]

That's a great idea. Oddly, my Mom doesn't use the net much, but my grandma would be all over it if she had a small community she could find.

I'd come visit. Just cause...Who doesn't love grandmas?

It's great that you help out in that way for your kids and grandkids. It's one of the things about this economy that I love. A number of my friends are living with their parents or in-laws while they are starting families. It's such a gift to all of them.

Also, I lived with my grandparents for a while as a youngster, and we are still extremely close. I sometimes feel guilty for having a closer relationship with them than some of my cousins. (G-ma and G-pa love us all the same. I just feel super close to them.)

[transformed]

and it should ge called "Circle of grandmothers" :

[Dacoda]

A grandparents section would be great! You could get tips from the other forums and pass the info along.

Dacoda

[karne]

I would personally love to see a "grandma" forum. I think that it would be cool if there was the opportunity to ask questions or get input from the generation above mine. It might be inspiring too.....