When the debate over grandparents' rights drowns out the child's voice, something has gone wrong. Here is why caring grandparents must put the child's best interest ahead of every legal argument and personal grievance.
Nearly 2 million grandparents are raising grandchildren in the U.S. today. This updated guide covers what you need to know about self-care, legal standing, financial assistance, and making every day count for the kids you love.
As caring grandparents, we live in both a precarious and a powerful position. The grandparents who have the greatest impact are the ones who choose partnership over control and keep the grandchildren's best interests front and center.
One honest answer on a podcast earned 1.9 million TikTok views. Neil Taft explains why the relationship grandparents most often overlook is the one that determines everything.
Twenty years of grandparenting work has introduced Neil to a community of people doing the same labor of love. Two voices every intentional grandparent should know: Greg Payne and Christine Crosby.
Grandchildren rarely remember the gifts. They remember the grandparent who knew their favorite color and asked about their best friend by name. Caring attention is not a soft extra. It is the whole relationship.
As caring grandparents, we cannot control how parents raise our grandchildren, but we can choose love, support, and wise influence. The best grandparenting happens when we partner with parents and keep the children's best interests first.
Parenting is never perfect. Dr. Joshua Coleman’s wisdom reminds caring grandparents to lead with grace, courage, commitment, and hope as families navigate estrangement, healing, forgiveness, and the lifelong work of loving grandchildren well.
The Treasure Trove is a simple notebook with one section per grandchild. It helps grandparents remember the details that matter most and turn every call or visit into a conversation that actually connects.
A boundary isn't rejection. It's a blueprint for how your family works best. Here's how parents can set them clearly and how grandparents can receive them in a way that keeps everyone close.
Most grandparenting advice skips the most important question: do you know who you are in your family right now? The WHO Inventory takes ten minutes and may be the most useful thing you do this week.
Grandparents are being quietly left out of their grandchildren's lives at a rate previous generations never saw. Neil Taft's nine-minute TEDx talk is the most honest and practical thing you'll find on the subject.