Not only are grandparents keeping up with their grandchildren these days, they’re often setting the pace! In this issue, you’ll find a Q&A on Jeanne Socrates, the 77-year-old grandmother who sailed around the world—solo! Read about bridging the generation gap, helping your grandchildren deal with grief, the importance of laughter, and how to make the most of mealtimes. Learn how a grandparent’s involvement in their grandchild’s life impacts well-being—theirs and yours! Find out why simple pleasures are often the best and how children learn through play.
GRAND celebrates who you are as a grandparent and who you are as an individual. You love spending time with your grandchildren and you’re happy in your other roles: at work, in the community and on your own. We’re an active and diverse group—an engaged, evolving and powerful force. We’re mentors, nurturers, keepers of secrets. We’re caregivers, child care providers, dessert-before-dinner defenders. We’re historians, spiritual guides and the holders of family stories.