A campaign has been launched by Lorraine Kelly with the aim of encouraging British youngsters to see their grandparents more often and spend more time with them. This comes in the wake of new research which revealed that 15m people in the UK risk losing their heritage and identity by seeing their grandparents less that […]
Category: Grandparents
Don’t let poisoning incidents ruin Christmas
CAPT, the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) is calling on all parents, grandparents, families and friends to make sure that the likes of cleaning producrs and medicines are both out of sight and reach little ones, and also to alert families about the risks of carbon monoxide poisoning over the Christmas period. Christmas is one […]
Sleep Council examines children’s sleep patterns over the past 60 years
According to the recent survey by The Sleep Council, the seismic shift that has taken place in the lifestyle of children between the Queen’s coronation in 1952 and her Diamond Jubilee in 2012 could be affecting their ability to get a good night’s sleep. The survey found that the 7-14 years old in the Jubilee […]
Getting down to the nitty gritty of the head lice epidemic
While it may have been a lousy summer weather wise, it certainly hasn’t been as far as head lice are concerned. The biggest infestation that Britain has ever seen has had thousands of parents reaching for The Nitty Gritty Comb to deal with these unwelcome visitors. The summer sun may have arrived only recently, but […]
Children’s lives put in danger by parents and carers misunderstanding booster seat laws
Every single day, carers, parents and grandparents are putting children’s lives at risk by allowing them to travel on the roads in cars without booster seats, despite them not being old enough to travel without them. Research amongst 1000 carers revealed that 74% of the respondents have already stopped, or plan to stop, using booster […]
More children than ever being accidentally poisoned by medicines in the home
According to new findings, unintentional poisonings caused by medicines are causing more visits to the emergency room than car accidents for young children. One reason why this may be the case is that approximately 1 in 4 grandparents admitted that their medicine was stored in ways that made them easy to access. The study, performed […]
Grandparents to get better access to grandchildren in the event of family breakups
Family lawyer Neil Grunfeld, has welcomed the new parenting arrangements but suggests they should be treated with some reservation. Grunfeld believes Government recommendations concerning grandparents’ access to grandchildren in the event of a divorce or separation are very much to be applauded, although they have been some time in coming. The New Parenting Agreements will […]
Grandmother courses for grandmothers to be launched by grannynet
The grandmother site, grannynet, is launching a course for grandmothers-to-be. It is designed as a refresher class for grannies taken alongside the mother-to-be; the classes aim to equip the ‘granny graduates’ for their role as a grandparent and inform them on all things relating to modern parenting. Endorsed by Mothercare, the classes are being run […]
SoGrand – the online website for Grandparents
SoGrand, the online community for Grandparents, has celebrated the New Year with a makeover of its website. The redesigned site has a much fresher look and provides Grandparents with improved access to SoGrand’s exclusive articles covering a range of subjects related to being a Grandparent, discussion forums, blogs written by SoGrand members, polls on issues […]