Totally Cool Grandparenting: A Practical Handbook of Tips, Hints, & Activities for the Modern Grandparent [Paperback]

Leslie Linsley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 15, 1997

What Every Modern Grandparent Needs To Know

Today's grandparents continue with their careers and activities well into their grandparenting years. Totally Cool Grandparenting explains how these modern grandmparents can participate in the traditional joyous reponsibilities of their role in up-to-date ways. With clear, upfront advice, humor, and time-tested tactics, gathered from personal experience and dozens of interviews with grandparents--and grandkids--across the country, Linsley covers such topics as:
Spoiling the grandchildren without annoying the parents
Giving gifts that the kids will like
Handling the visit, from baby-sitting to a holiday vacation
Tackling errands with grandkids in tow
Coping with modern methods of communication
Teaching, giving, and receiving respect
And much more

They always say children don't come with a manual, but thanks to Linsley, now grandkids do!

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About the Author

Leslie Linsley is the author of more than fourty-five books including Leslie Linsley's 15-minute Decorating Ideas, Leslie Linsley's Quick Christmas Decorating Ideas and The Weekend Quilt. She lives on Nantucket, where she and her husband, designer/photographer Jon Aron own a home decorating store, Leslie Linsley Nantucket. Linsley has six grandchildren.

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (August 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312170475
• ISBN-13: 978-0312170479
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,172,926 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Why the embarrassment over being known as a grandparent?, September 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Totally Cool Grandparenting: A Practical Handbook of Tips, Hints, & Activities for the Modern Grandparent (Paperback)

I didn't like the book's emphasis on being embarrassed about being a grandparent. There was a lot of stuff about being humiliated about seeming old when the child calls out "grandma." But the author goes on to assure her own kids that this doesn't mean anything, she loves the grandchild, just doesn't want anyone to know it's her grandchild.

This is hurtful to the child, no matter what the author says. The grandparents' vanity is more important to the grandparent than the child's feelings.

26 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for baby boomers.Extremely good ideas,funny & fun, September 6, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Totally Cool Grandparenting: A Practical Handbook of Tips, Hints, & Activities for the Modern Grandparent (Paperback)

This is a terrific gift for grandparents of the 90s who are young, young-at-heart, active and want to have a good relationship with their off-spring.BR If you think you're totally cool, read this, you just might learn a thing or two.BR Great ideas and activities too.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars TC Grandparent, March 8, 2006

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This review is from: Totally Cool Grandparenting: A Practical Handbook of Tips, Hints, & Activities for the Modern Grandparent (Paperback)

Great book for new grandparents. Great ideas for creating special time