Episodes
Author Helen Ellis from New Zealand is studying what it's like being a distance grandchild.
Published 09/15/23
Transforming lives of trauma victims to be their best selves to their grandchildren
Published 09/08/23
Managing your money late in life means keeping an eye on how you fund your children and your grands.
Published 09/01/23
Use "transformational listening" with your grands and help them give you more in conversation.
Published 08/25/23
A preschool teacher gives Emily and Mike an inside look at school for the youngest.
Published 08/18/23
Late in life when possessions become a burden, you may need help from someone like guest Stephanie Denson.
Published 08/11/23
When we gossip about our family members and involve a third party, it's triangulation. Whoops.
Published 07/14/23
Grandmothers are a powerful force for change all around the world
Published 07/07/23
An extended grand-sitting gig with a charming, challenging toddler
Published 06/30/23
Anthropologist shows how to interview elders to capture family history
Published 06/23/23
Listening Pond is a podcast of stories your grands might love including this one.
Published 06/16/23
Mike and Emily prepare for an 11-day toddler-sitting gig with a grand.
Published 06/09/23
Be careful with the internet when sharing about grands and believing what you hear
Published 06/02/23
Mindfulness in grandparenting deepens relationships and can take you on real adventures.
Published 05/26/23
Adventures with trains, taxis, and busses up and down the east coast of the USA
Published 05/19/23
Toy trains (to bond with grands) and real ones (to take us to them)!
Published 04/28/23
Revisiting the episode on moving to be closer to your grands: timely!
Published 04/21/23
Revisiting what happens when grandparents are present at the birth of a grand
Published 04/14/23
Revisiting a conversations on aging brains, remembering, and forgetting
Published 04/07/23
Revisiting a 2021 episode on having the talk about grandkids and your guns with their parents.
Published 03/31/23
Gust Richard Olson frames grandparenting as a vocation, a life calling.
Published 03/24/23
Catching up with Dr. Kerry Byrne of The Long Distance Grandparent. Lots of clever ideas.
Published 03/17/23
Bonding with your grands over music is more fun when it happens in an epic place.
Published 03/09/23
Grandparents and adult grandchildren living intergenerationally can change the course of a life.
Published 03/03/23
Staying connected with teens, using great ideas from a 95-year-old expert and author
Published 02/24/23