Mom shares how having active parents as a grown adult makes a huge difference

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/grandparents-active-parents-babysitting-ex1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grandparents-active-parents-babysitting-ex1

Grandparents are glued to their phones, families are worried [video]

https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0n61dg3/grandparents-are-glued-to-their-phones-families-are-worried

#HackerNews #Grandparents #Technology #Families #Concern #Video

Grandma offers wake-up call for grandparents who can’t stop buying the grandkids presents

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/grandma-wake-up-call-too-many-gifts-ex1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=grandma-wake-up-call-too-many-gifts-ex1

Boomer grandma challenges family norms by asking why she has to do the traveling for visits

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/boomer-grandma-challenges-family-norms-by-asking-why-she-has-to-travel-for-visits-ex1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boomer-grandma-challenges-family-norms-by-asking-why-she-has-to-travel-for-visits-ex1

Finally wore my rings again today.
It’s been quite a while for some reason, even tho I really love them.

The small one (without the blue) was a gift from my grandpa to my 18th birthday.
Since then I wore it with pride.
He used to wear it when he was younger, so it’s quite old already.

#ring #Rings #fashion #hand #gift #grandparents #grandpa

🗞️ CPC-CG member Professor Athina Vlachantoni and CPC-CG Co-Director Professor Maria Evandrou (Department of #Gerontology at University of #Southampton) recently wrote an article examining why white British #families are more likely to depend on #grandparents for #childcare, drawing on findings from #UnderstandingSociety data.

Head to section 5 of the latest #ChangingPopulations magazine to read the article: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/WzAYgcw05ELXCdXJ?ref=Link&loc=play

#family #demography #ageing #workingparents #childcarecosts

"I immediately knew it was him. I kept asking him to help me around the house. He must've painted the entire place and still didn't notice me." 🫶

#extinctionrebellion #xr #home #activism #climatecrisis #elders #grandparents #family

Boomer grandparents often forget what it's like having young kids. Millennials call it 'gramnesia.'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/grandparenting-ex1

#Grandparents among those #injured in #Sydney protest against #Herzog.

Sydney grandmother Jann Alhafny said her back was broken after she was pushed to the ground by a riot squad officer.

Ian Payne was also injured after attending the protest against Herzog's visit to Australia.

#auspol #PoliceBrutality #Minns #albo

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-10/sydney-protesters-injured-at-isaac-herzog-protest-speak-out/106327578