_ Dating Divorce Parenting Relationships & Love WidowhoodWhen Parents Resume Dating - and What Their Children Have to Say By Sondra Forsyth articleWhen our children were young, it seems like everything that we parents did was “right” – at least in their … Read More→
_ Grandparenting Parenting“Baby Simulator” Programs Meant to Discourage Teen Pregnancies May Backfire By Sondra Forsyth article$Parent and grandparent alert! Teenage pregnancy prevention programs used in schools in 89 countries, including the USA, involving “baby simulator” … Read More→
_ Grandparenting ParentingIndoor Trampoline Park Injuries Are an Emerging Public Health Concern By Sondra Forsyth articleParent and grandparent alert! Indoor trampoline park injuries are an “emerging public health concern,” warn Australian doctors in the August … Read More→
_ Money Matters ParentingHelping Adult Children: a Loan Often Beats a Gift By Sondra Forsyth articleParents often want to help their adult children who need a financial boost. Should they? It can be a great … Read More→
_ ParentingCollege Grads Moving Back Home Need These Ground Rules By Sondra Forsyth articleMany young grads will move back in with their parents after getting their degree in May. It’s often not easy … Read More→
_ Grandparenting Parenting10 Things Grieving Children Want You to Know By Sondra Forsyth articleOne in 20 children will lose a parent by the age of 18. Most Americans will experience the death of … Read More→
_ Marriage ParentingTips for Helping Stepfamilies Get Off to a Smoother Beginning By Sondra Forsyth articleAny new marriage has its hurdles. But when the newlyweds also bring children from previous marriages, they face the additional … Read More→
_ Money Matters ParentingKids From Higher Socioeconomic Backgrounds Rely More on Parents By Jane Farrell articleYoung people from higher socioeconomic backgrounds are likelier to receive financial support from their parents even after they have left … Read More→
Grandparenting Kid's & Teen Health Mental & Emotional Health Parenting Stress-Free Living5 Behaviors That Help Teens Learn To Bounce Back By Adprime Admin articleAs a parent or grandparent of teens, you know that adolescence is a time of high stress for many youngsters. … Read More→
_ Grandparenting ParentingThe 10 Responsibilities of a Leader...Who's a Parent or Grandparent By Adprime Admin article As the stages of life advance, the stages of our responsibilities advance too. From taking care of ourselves, to … Read More→
Grandparenting Kid's & Teen Health ParentingDrivers Admit to Using Cellphones While Driving, Even with Kids in the Car By Adprime Admin articleA study done at the University of California, San Diego and published in August 2015 in Journal of Transport & … Read More→
_ ParentingOlder Moms Need Help with Adult Children By articleMothers who are caring for adult children with health problems don’t get enough help even when they have other adult … Read More→
_ ParentingDifference in Values May Lead to Mother/Child Estrangement By articleThe mother/child bond is often severed as a result of the difference in values, according to a new study published … Read More→
Grandparenting Kid's & Teen Health over-the-counter medicines ParentingHealth Food Stores Recommend “Adult Use” OTC Supplements to Teens By articleParent and grandparent alert! Fifteen year olds are not only able to buy over-the-counter dietary supplements from a sampling of … Read More→
_ Grandparenting Kid's & Teen Health Mental & Emotional Health ParentingCan Fiction Heighten Empathy? By Sondra Forsyth articleIf you read stories to your grandchildren and also read fiction for your own pleasure, you may be improving the ability of both the children and yourself to understand what other people are thinking or feeling. That’s the finding of a study presented on August 7th 2014 at the American Psychological Association's 122nd Annual Convention in Washington D.C. by psychologist Raymond Mar from York University in Canada.
_ ParentingVirtual Reality Helps Autistic Adults Get Jobs By articleIf you’re the parent of a grown or teenage child on the autism spectrum, you may have concerns about your offspring’s possibilities for employment and independent living. (See our ThirdAge article entitled “My Adult Son Has Asperger’s Syndrome.”) Now researchers at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago have created a new interactive computer program using human-based simulation that gives autistic adults repeated practice and feedback on their interviewing skills.
_ ParentingHelping Grown Kids Can Boost Mental Health By articleAll the negative press about “boomerang kids” aside, helping your adult children in various ways may actually be an antidote to depression as you age. That’s the finding of a team of researchers at Penn State, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Michigan. The results are published in the February 2014 issue of The Gerontologist.
_ ParentingThe Unspeakable Pain of Losing a Child By Sondra Forsyth article The wrenching news of the three teenage boys whose lives were cut short during the recent school shootings in a little Ohio town touched us deeply here at ThirdAge. Like parents and grandparents across the nation, we were riveted by sorrow and horror as the coverage unfolded. The poignant statement by 16-year-old Demetrius Hewlin's mother and father seemed to us especially moving: "We are very saddened by the loss of our son and others in our Chardon community. Demetrius was a happy young man who loved life and his family and friends.