GRANDPARENTS TREASURE CHEST
A WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR GRANDPARENTS AND NEW PARENTS TO KEEP LITTLE ONES ENTERTAINED FOR HOURS.
What are WE about:
This blog is dedicated to all us as grandparents who have been out of the loop for the last several years.
Lets face the facts, our kids have all grown up and have HOPEFULLY all moved out of the house. Its their turn to raise the children, and our turn to SPOIL them by giving them what ever they want, loading them up with sugar and sending them home.
Sounds easy enough. BUT IS REALLY?
PROBLEM NO. 1
The TV shows they used to watch are not playing anymore, except for one are two like sponge bob. Then Most of the programs are all turned around. For example: instead of Clifford the Big Red Dog, it's Clifford the little Red Dog?? And Mr. Rogers neighborhood has been replaced by Daniel an animated version of the neighborhood without all the real people.
ARE YOU FOLLOWING ALONG?
There are people on the kids chanels I dont know, monsters I don't recognize, superheroes I don't remember from any comic book I ever read. Just thinking about all this stuff is making my head spin! So, I had to ask my self, when did I get so old and so far OUT OF THE LOOP??
PROBLEM NO. 2
Have you looked in the toy isles lately? Other then a few board games, Nerf, and some Lego, its a whole new world. The technology alone the younger generation is using is crazy.
So how do we as grandparents know what the younger generation is into now days? With todays technicaly like cell phones, tablets, and x-box's, it's hard to Keep up. I have a coworker who has a son and he has 3 or 4 of the x-box game counsels?? FOR REAL?! But I guess it's a real thing. Some games will only play on certain x-box's. When I was growing up I had one electronic game. It was an Atari, and back then it cost a billion bucks.
Anyways off my soap box..
MY GOAL
My goal with THE GRANDPARENTS TREASURE CHEST is to give grandparents a fighting chance. To give Grandparents a few tools they can use to keep informed.
To give grandparents guidance on what toys are popular and why. Give grandparents resources to websites and videos to help them keep their grandchildren entertained and happy.
Thank you Joe Gabriel
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