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Unique gift ideas for new and experienced grandparents. Show the grandparent in your life your appreciation. Also a discussion of baby boomer attitudes to grandparenting.
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By Vanessa Van Petten, creator of RadicalParenting.com, a parenting website written from the teen perspective to help parents understand them. I believe technology provides some really fun activities for techie kids and parents, grandparents or even teachers to bond. In my book Do I Get My Allowance Before or After I’m Grounded? I talk about…
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Dealing with aging parents has always been a challenge, but in recent years with longevity increasing almost exponentially, it’s become an even bigger job. Boomers are often in the situation of being The Sandwich Generation because of this modern phenomenon of raising kids and dealing with aging parents at the same time. Add to the…
Read MoreYou can pre-order Bruce’s 1st book, A Dad’s Point of View: We ARE Half the Equation at the Store at BruceSallan.com. The book will be published later this month, just in time for Father’s Day. Get it for the dad in your life, the mom who wants her husband to be the best dad,…
Read MoreThere’s a new word out there – netiquette – and it’s about manners in our tech obsessed world. On this topic, I wrote a recent A Dad’s Point-of-View column, called, When Is Rude, Rude? inspired by an incident that took place in our home. It’s a perfect subject for another Boomer Parenting Tips article and…
Read MoreAre you friends on Facebook with all your family members? Should you be? What are the risks? What are the benefits? Parents on Facebook is a delicate thing. For that matter, monitoring your kid’s activities on the Internet in general is a delicate thing. It’s part of your parenting job, but it could promote…
Read MoreWe all know that “Dad” is really not Bruce, though the resemblance at times is oddly coincidental, especially when Aaron did the comic. But, Bruce does really have a book coming out and he hopes you’ll consider getting it (great gift for Father’s Day) – enjoy his commercial with Groucho at the Store at BruceSallan.com.
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