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Today, more and more grandmothers around the world are taking on
varied responsibilities and many roles, sometimes concurrently.
Consequently, grandmothers continue to play, as in the past, an
influential role not only in the lives of their grandchildren, but
also in our communities and in society more broadly. Grandmothers
and Grandmothering: Creative and Critical Contemplations in Honour
of our Women Elders, as the title suggests, seeks to pay homage to
our grandmothers and their contributions to society. As well, it
aims to explore the textured and complex phenomena of
grandmothering from a range of disciplines and cultural
perspectives. Our hope is that this collection challenges
preconceived notions of what it means to be a grandmother and
provides insight into the multifaceted nature of grandmothering.
The PERFECT GIFT for that special grandparent you know so well and
love with all your heart but whom you haven't got a clue what to
get her for a present. Not a bloody clue.
_______________________________________ Grandparents are versatile.
They are babysitters, weather forecasters, mother's helpers, sweet
collectors, child-minders, knitwear suppliers, au pairs, curators
of G-plan furniture and providers of day-care for the under
twelves. Retirement is an exhausting job.
_______________________________________ Grandparents spend a lot of
time in the garden making everything tidy and pretty, so they have
something tidy and pretty to look at while they are doing the
gardening _______________________________________ This delightful
book is part of the Ladybird series specially planned to help
grown-ups with the world about them. The large clear script, the
careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful
matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they
have taught themselves to cope. Featuring original Ladybird artwork
alongside brilliantly funny, brand new text. Other titles in the
Ladybirds for Grown Ups series: How it Works: The Student How it
Works: The Cat How it Works: The Dog The Ladybird Book of the
Meeting The Ladybird Book of Red Tape The Ladybird Book of the
People Next Door The Ladybird Book of the Sickie The Ladybird Book
of the Zombie Apocalypse How it Works: The Husband How it Works:
The Wife How it Works: The Mum How it Works: The Dad The Ladybird
Book of the Mid-Life Crisis The Ladybird Book of the Hangover The
Ladybird Book of Mindfulness The Ladybird Book of the Shed The
Ladybird Book of Dating The Ladybird Book of the Hipster
DUG, in the vein of Walliams, Pullman and Dahl shows how adults can
get stuck in their own narrative and do not recognise their
children's progress in the world. What were amazing, funny and
slightly terrifying stories Dug told to his 3-year-old grandson do
not stand up to the scrutiny of the 8-year-old child he is now and
does, in fact become a big embarrassment! Even though friends, new
to the tales Dug relates, find him entertaining, it does his
grandson's street cred no good at all. A cautionary tale - told
from the child's eye - relationships change and adults should
recognise and grow with the change.This is a grandad/grandchild
tale with a difference.
From the sales desk to the boardroom, too many women feel as though
they are "giving from a place of empty," constantly putting their
wants and needs last in a culture that expects them to give and
never take. If this describes you, take heart! The source of your
dilemma might well spring from the relationship you have (or had)
with your mother, your daughter, or both. In The Mother-Daughter
Puzzle, Rosjke Hasseldine, an internationally recognized expert on
the mother-daughter relationship, provides a step-by-step guide on
how to connect the dots between what's happening in your own
mother-daughter relationship and how society and your generational
family treats women. Rosjke's book teaches you how to map your
mother-daughter history, an eye-opening way to help provide answers
to your dilemma. From this mapping, you'll also learn how to raise
your entitlement to speak and be heard, and to challenge and change
harmful sexist beliefs and cultural stereotypes, so you can enjoy
an emotionally connected, mutually supportive mother-daughter bond.
At age forty, with two growing children and a new consulting
company she'd recently founded, Gretchen Cherington, daughter of
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Eberhart, faced a dilemma:
Should she protect her parents' well-crafted family myths while
continuing to silence her own voice? Or was it time to challenge
those myths and speak her truth-even the unbearable truth that her
generous and kind father had sexually violated her? In this
powerful memoir, aided by her father's extensive archives at
Dartmouth College and interviews with some of her father's best
friends, Cherington candidly and courageously retraces her past to
make sense of her father and herself. From the women's movement of
the '60s and the back-to-the-land movement of the '70s to
Cherington's consulting work through three decades with powerful
executives to her eventual decision to speak publicly in the
formative months of #MeToo, Poetic License is one woman's story of
speaking truth in a world where, too often, men still call the
shots.
In a world where our families are more scattered than ever, true
and lasting family connections are hard to forge and even harder to
maintain--and they don't happen by accident. For grandparents who
long to create a close-knit bond in their family, popular speaker
and parenting expert Susan Alexander Yates has a revolutionary new
book. Cousin Camp is an inspiring, practical book that outlines how
grandparents can plan and host a camp. Grandmother to 21
grandchildren, Yates has been creating cousin camps and family
camps for years. Now she passes on what she's learned so you can
help your children and grandchildren develop meaningful, lasting
connections with each other--and with you! Full of specific,
practical ideas and hilarious stories, this book contains
everything you need to know from initial planning (who, when, and
where) to a daily schedule to specific ways to build friendships
among family members. Yates also includes plenty of ideas for
family camps and reunions to draw everyone closer.
In The Listener, a daughter receives a troubling gift: her mother's
stories of surviving World War II in Poland. During the Holocaust,
Irene Oore's mother escaped the death camps by concealing her
Jewish identity. Those years found her constantly on the run and on
the verge of starvation, living a harrowing and peripatetic
existence as she struggled to keep herself and her family alive.
Throughout the memoir, Oore reveals a certain ambivalence towards
the gift bestowed upon her. The stories of fear, love, and constant
hunger traumatised her as a child. Now, she shares these same
stories with her own children, to keep the history alive.
So, you're having a teenager? Congratulations/commiserations.
Worried about drugs? We recommend Valium, wine and HRT. Happy you
survived the toddler tantrums? Let us introduce you to the eye
roll, the cold shoulder and the incoherent mumble. On the bright
side, you've reduced your need for Google - your adolescent is now
able to frequently correct, hector and lecture you with their
strong opinion on everything. And if you feel tired, you're not
imagining it. Teen years are like dog years: for every year your
teen ages, you age seven. You need a survival guide for the testing
times ahead. Friends, next-door neighbours and fellow mums of teens
Sarah Macdonald and Cathy Wilcox have lived through it all and
produced this straight-talking, not entirely sarcastic, informative
guide to what for many parents are the most challenging - but
interesting and exciting - years in the role. From A is for
Argumentative, Awkward and Angst, to Z is for Zits and Zzzzzs.
Because having a toddler is a doddle.
Family histories are an endlessly fascinating subject, so this book
allows you to keep a record of your life to hand down to future
generations. Broken down into 'chapters' on your childhood years,
family history, adult years and the next generation, it provides a
framework to fill with your memories, stories and photographs.
Beautifully bound and illustrated, this is a beautiful gift as well
as a potential treasure trove of family folklore and history.
This booklet is Mom's ticket to some much-deserved quality time and
care. The 12 shimmering foil-stamped tickets inside can be redeemed
anytime for the gifts she really wants―ranging from fun family
activities to favors that let her take a load off. Perfect to give one
at a time or as a set, these tickets are a sweet and thoughtful way to
let Mom know she's the best on Mother's Day―or any day.
- GREAT FOR THE MOTHER WHO HAS EVERYTHING: Can't think of the
perfect present for Mom? This ticket booklet is a unique and fun gift,
and also a fabulous way to give experiences―like a family fun activity
or a favor that lets her take a load off―that she's sure to love.
- EASY BUT THOUGHTFUL GIFT: Gifting gold! This is a perfect
last-minute gift for moms, whether for birthdays, Mother's Day, or just
because.
- ADD YOUR OWN PERSONAL TOUCH: All 12 tickets offer space on
the back to add a personal touch, and the booklet includes one blank
ticket that you can fill in with your own gift idea.
- GIFT ALL AT ONCE, OR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR: This booklet for
Mom is full of the gifts she most wants to receive-and they can be
gifted all together or individually one at a time. Either way, she'll
feel like a winner with a Lucky Ticket in hand.
- INCLUDES: booklet with 12 gold foil-stamped perforated
tickets
A bank robbery ... thwarted. Wedding plans ... derailed. A pie ...
missing. House guests ... entertained. Grandchildren ... loved
beyond measure. They're all part of 105-year-old Frances Genovese's
life story. This feisty Italian American great-grandmother has a
lot of wisdom to share - from the funny to the touching to the
inspirational. This book is her youngest grandson's effort to pass
Frances's collected wisdom on to his infant son. Subjects include
family tradition, food, education, duty, the value of a dollar, and
the power of laughter. Running through all of this advice is the
notion that we can't stand still - that we need to keep changing
and moving with the world around us. People of Italian American
heritage will find this material comforting and familiar.
Grandparents of any culture will be reminded of their vital role.
Adult children and grandchildren will see their favorite
grandparents in this book -- and, with any luck, they'll be
inspired to share their grandparents' values with future
generations.
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