Grandparents Vary In Their Roles And Influence
A University of Chicago study outlines five grandparent roles including formal, fun seeker, surrogate parent, reservoir of wisdom, and intermittent Saint Nick. It notes grandparents provide warmth and patience but should let parents lead, avoid favoring firstborn, and maintain healthy boundaries.
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University of Chicago
Bernice Neugarten
Karol Weinstein
Nick
Grandma
Grandpa
Ann Landers Advice Column Highlights
Reader letters cover a penny jar bet gone wrong a debt dispute with relatives and parenting travel tips. Ann Landers offers a gag ending for the penny bet and practical guidance on collecting a loan while advising firm but fair strategies for child management and travel disputes.
Convent for Married Nuns Opens in Tuscany
Paris reports a groundbreaking Catholic experiment the Fone Morandoli convent in Tuscany will house married couples in private bungalows near a main building. The aim is to let women seeking to join a convent keep their husbands if their children are grown or childless. The church even suggests married nuns may continue relations if desired, or vow absolute purity.
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Clark Blackburn
Family Service Assn
Paris
Fone Morandoli
Tuscany
Italy
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