Small Business Boomers

I recently wrote a post for Blisstree’s Arts and Crafts section, Please…Don’t Photograph My Crafts (without permission) and how difficult it is now to control it in today’s electronic world. 

 This plea also applies to parents and grandparents, who are concerned about strangers photographing their children/grandchildren and even posting the youngsters’ photos on the Internet.  Also, parents/grandparents often don’t realize the possible ramifications, now and later, when they post photos of their kids where the general public can view them.  Most don’t post simply a school photo type pic (and the school photos are copyrighted so need permission, too).  They post all types …read more

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Today is Grandparents’ Day.  How are you celebrating?  Have you been remembered?  Whether you’re remembered as a grandparent or not, by children and grandchildren, you still can have a wonderful day.
We’re with our grandson this afternoon.  His parents have to work and his sister is away at college.  So we’re having a leisurely afternoon and soon will hunt a trunk from storage that he wants for his room.  It will be a good place to tuck odds and ends out of sight.
I have memories of all of my grandparents, in the days before there was such a day as Grandparents’ …read more

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Controversy has arisen concerning President Obama’s speech nationwide to school children on Tuesday, September 8. Much concern also has been expressed about the lesson plans and suggested classroom discussion and activities.
Is this event solely to encourage youngsters to take their education seriously? Or is there an underlying motive to indoctrinate America’s young people? There are strong feelings on either side and in the middle. Some people wonder why this speech wasn’t scheduled for evening, when parents could watch the program with their youngsters and discuss it with them. Why was it targeted for school children in classroom situations?
I found that my post, …read more

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In addition to being grandparents caring for grandchildren, boomers might be caring for parents, too.  Sometimes they’re the sandwiched generation, caught between generations…parents, children and grandchildren.
At one time I cared for aging parents, a mom and aunt (her sister) with Alzheimer’s, and an uncle who couldn’t get out and about too well.  They also lived at a distance.  Eventually, as most passed away, we moved my mom to our house and eventually to a nursing home.
Before Mother died, our daughter, her husband and two children shared a household with Jim and me.  So we were a mixture of generations caring …read more

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Are you one of those grandparents who is competing for your grandkids’ attention and affection?  Do you spend money on spoiling them and trying to do more than their other grandparents?
Yes, you enjoy them, you want to buy them “things,” and want to take them places.  However, are you attempting to outdo the other set of grandparents?  Or perhaps, if you’re divorced, you’re want to do more than than your former spouse.
What will your grandchildren remember you for?  The “things” you bought them or the times you’ve been there for them, the enjoyable moments that possibly didn’t cost any money, the lessons …read more

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How about a travel service for grandparents and grandchildren.  It is called “Grandtravel.“  Tours go to places like Alaska, the Galapagos. and Italy.  Obviously these are for older grandchildren, not young ones, depending on the type of tour.
While you are on their website, check out their quotes at the bottom of the Grandparents page.  And note that they seem to understand the younger generation – iTunes, etc.
One tour that sounds great is the Trains of the Wild West one, which includes a ride on the Durango/Silverton Railway.  My children, my mother-in-law and I took this tour several years ago, and …read more

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