Grandmother Principles by Suzette Haden Elgin

Grandmother Principles by Suzette Haden Elgin

According to the author, "Grandmother skills" are disappearing because in our highly mobile society, women may now remain in the workforce or live far from their grandchildren. Elgin (The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense), herself a grandmother to 10, attempts to fill this gap by providing grandmothers of all types and ages with this chatty and good-natured guide to successful grandmothering. Included among Elgin's 21 sensible principles are advice for mediating family disputes, tips for helping grandchildren with money problems while maintaining one's own financial solvency, as well as the importance of passing down family myths and stories to the next generation. Elgin also discusses family crises or illnesses when it may become necessary for a grandmother to take over the running of the household of one of her children (whom she coyly refers to as a "chadult"). Elgin firmly believes that once the emergency is over, a grandmother must return the household to the parents as soon as possible and gracefully return home. Elgin includes lots of nitty gritty advice but most of her book is aimed at reminding readers how to give families the advantage of their experience without giving in to the frailties of age. << 35 b/w illustrations

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ISBN 13	9780789205858
ISBN 10	0789205858
Title	Grandmother Principles
Author	Suzette Haden Elgin
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Year published	2000-04-01
Number of pages	224
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