Word: grandpa
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...turkey. One year the old man botched it badly, and the bird fell on the floor. Everyone was humiliated and wanted to cancel the next year's dinner. "Why can't we carve in the kitchen," a 12-year-old piped up, "and put the platter in front of Grandpa to serve?" This was a pivotal moment for the family. Families resist change, but they can and must learn to find new ways of being together, especially at holiday times. These gatherings are the heart of family life...
...shows absolutely no remorse for his lifestyle. In one scene he essentially tells his grandfather—the same man who selflessly took him in after his mother died—to F-off when he questions his choices: “I’m a gangsta, grandpa, and I’m proud of it!” This refrain—“I’m a gangsta!”—crops up throughout the movie and is always accompanied by 50’s signature laugh, as if he himself realizes...
...Harvard-only fellowship with a Harvard-only name, the Gardner sends one graduated senior abroad for a year of travels “in an unfamiliar culture with an unfamiliar language.” So don’t try to go to Germany if you have a German grandpa. And don’t make a play for Australia if that is where you were born. Those two situations would not be ideal for this grant...
...John Ratey, co-author of the landmark Driven to Distraction, says seniors are often referred by their children in a "stair-step" sequence--first the grandchild is found to have ADD, then the parent and finally Grandma or Grandpa. Recalls Virginia Cooper, 73, who has a grandchild with ADHD: "My daughter said, 'Mother, I think you've got it.' And I said, 'Don't be ridiculous.' But then I read about it and realized that maybe she was right. I've always been distracted. I cannot stick to one thing. It's like somebody's changing channels in my brain...
Passing on what they value to future generations touches grandparents at their core. Even though Michael Harbater may not see his Israeli grandkids often, he knows he has had an impact on them. "They will always associate Grandpa and planes," he reflects, "even when they bring me my great-grandchildren in the old-age home...