Grandkids matter! (That’s why grandparents matter, too.) Families can be strengthened and restored when grandparents step up and offer their wisdom, experience, and unconditional love. Involved grandparents have a way of nurturing, teaching, and encouraging children like no one else. This is part of your “grandparenting power.” Dr. Canfield provides a skillful blend of demographics, Biblical wisdom, inspirational stories, and research that will be awaken, motivate, and equip Grandparents. This book helps grandparents experience the richness of their role in their grandchildren’s lives and provides research supporting the importance of your role as a grandparent, doses of real-life wisdom from grandparents and grandchildren, and specific practices you can put into action, all with the goal of helping you put together a plan that will enrich all you do as a grandparent. The H.E.A.R.T. acronym helps you remember the five foundational roles that characterize effective grand parenting. Heritage Example Angelic influence Reconciliation Teacher Grandparenting offers a unique opportunity to build a lasting and meaningful family legacy. From your place in the family, you can connect hearts and build bridges between generations. Over 1.6 million adults become new grandparents each year, a pace that will bring the total number of North American grandparents to over 84 million by 2023 as researched by Maximiliane E. Szinovacz, Grandparents Today: A Demographic Profile. Research conducted by the National Association for Grandparenting revealed after surveying 350 adults about their grandparents' involvement and influence in their lives, only 38% report having memories of a relationship with an involved grandparent. 62% reported their grandparents were deceased and did not know them, or they lived hundreds of miles away and they had little or no interaction with them, or they were not involved in their lives except during holidays, special family events or funerals. In contrast today's grandparents are increasingly proactive in being involved and engaged in their grandchildren's lives. In North America, over 8 million children under the age of 18 live with and are cared for primarily by their grandparents. According to Generations United, a leading national voice dedicated to helping custodial grandparent’s raise their grandchildren. Grandparenting today involves diverse and often difficult situations. Grandparents are growing in number, you have unique life experiences which must be shared, and most importantly, your grandchildren need you.
✔ Author(s): Ken R Canfield
✔ Title: The H.E.A.R.T of Grandparenting: 5 Keys To Being The Best Grandparent Possible
✔ Rating : 4.6 out of 5 base on (24 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 168408220X
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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