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Today's grandparents are more affluent, fit and travel-savvy than grandparents ever. Whether they live near their grandchildren or at a distance, they feel a need to get away with them one on one. Typically, one grandparent travels with one grandchild, or a couple takes one or two kids...
For tours involving activities like hiking or white-water rafting, the grandparents obviously need to be in good physical condition. But most tours allow for the differing energy and attention levels of the eight-year-old and the 80-year-old. When Familyhostel's tour of Greece reaches Delphi, reports...
So long as the trip is appropriate to the child's interests and energy level, a grandparent can take a child traveling at almost any age, say experts. For Elaine and Mark Ganeles, both 59, of Cortland Manor, N.Y., it was a kick to see Washington, a city they know...
The closer ties formed by traveling with grandchildren extend forward in time. Grandparent and grandchild may speak more often on the phone or simply have more to talk about when they do speak--sharing their memories of people and places. For both young and old, these trips are a way...
No one's grief can be presumed to be greater than anyone else's, but there is something special in a parent's loss of a child, with the wrenching reversal of nature's cycle of generations. Says Patricia Loder, executive director of the Compassionate Friends, an international organization for...