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What Grandparents Need to Know About Flu Season
As cold and flu season approaches, many parents are setting health-related boundaries. Learn why modern precautions matter and how to show love while keeping your grandchildren safe.
Let’s Keep Our Grandkids Safe
Grandparents can make sure they know how to keep their grandkids safe in this round-up of blog posts on safety. National Safety Month is the perfect time to focus on how to keep your grandchildren safe.
Worried About Your Grandchild’s Development? Here’s What to Do
If you suspect that your grandchild may have a disability or developmental delay, how to you broach the subject with parents? Here are some tips ito help navigate that difficult discussion.
Worried About Too Much Screen Time? How Grandparents Can Help Find Balance
Grandparents are in a unique position to influence healthy technology use. If you are worried your grandchild gets too much screen time, here are ways to help foster balance.
What Grandparents Need to Know about Body Autonomy
How does teaching body autonomy protect your grandchildren? Asking for permission before hugging may seem strange, but it's an important way to teach children that they have control over their bodies. Find out why and how to support your grandchildren's right to say no to unwanted physical contact.
Holiday Safety Hazards: What Grandparents Need to Know
Have you thought about how to minimize holiday safety hazards this holiday season? It’s time to think about how to keep your grandchildren safe! Whether you are hosting or visiting, here are some holiday safety tips that will help to protect your grandchildren.
What Grandparents Need to Know: Toy Safety
Those toys you’ve been saving may have hidden hazards. Discover essential toy safety tips and get our toy safety checklist. Learn about old toy hazards, age range recommendations, and new toy safety guides for gifts for your grandchildren. Keep your grandchildren safe when you choose toys!
Beyond Bandaids: The Ultimate Grandparent’s First Aid Kit
If your grandkids are visiting, you’ll want to be a prepared grandparent! And one important part of preparing for a visit from your grandchildren is to make sure you have a first aid kit with all the things you may need. When your grandchildren get sick or hurt, you’ll want to have the right tools on hand to help them feel better fast. Read on for the things that all grandparents should keep on hand when their grandchildren are visiting.
Are You Prepared for Emergencies?
Learn why safety and emergency preparedness is crucial for grandparents, and how to take steps to be ready in case of an accident or emergency. Read my personal story of a close call with a grandchild and why I urge you to be ready if you encounter an emergency. Gain peace of mind knowing you're prepared for any situation and set an example for your family by prioritizing safety and preparedness.
What Grandparents Need to Know About Social Media Safety
Learn about social media safety for grandparents and the potential social media dangers for their grandchildren. Sharing personal information, photos, and posting information about their grandchildren online can lead to identity theft and expose them to malicious individuals. To safeguard your grandchildren, read this post to know what to avoid.
Keep Your Grandkids Safe
Knowing what the risks to our grandchild’s safety are, and how to avoid them, is the first step to preventing common childhood accidents and injuries. Read about what grandparents can do to keep their grandchildren safe from accidental injuries.
What Grandparents Need to Know about Safe Sleep
Learn how grandparents can help prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in this informative blog post. With October being SIDS awareness month, it’s important to know about safe sleep habits, including putting babies on their backs to sleep, avoiding suffocation hazards in the crib, and ensuring a smoke and vape-free environment. With one in three infant deaths caused by unsafe sleep areas, every grandparent has a role to play in keeping babies safe.