Sentences with phrase «what's a grandparent»

A retired prison warden, he's seen teachers, parents and grandparents bring kids in to «make sure they never wound up in [a prison].»

«Many bands are based upon a certain demographic, whereas Kiss has young children up to grandparents.

My teachings come from my grandparents and mother,» she said.

If you're unfamiliar, the tech in question is the same as what your parents or grandparents once used to get TV: An antenna that picks up the free broadcast shows that are sent via high transmission tours by the likes of ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox.

From mobile phones to Google Glass, teenagers to their grandparents; all are ensnared by the World Wide Web.

Eventually his mother's health declined to the point that Cornell's grandparents became his main caregivers.

«Growing up, my grandparents would be sitting around the table.

Owner Charles «Eric» Whitehead's grandparents owned cabins on the island many years ago, which have long since been sold.

Thank God I'm just a grandparent these days, without school - aged kids who are trapped in an increasingly bizarre and irrational world run by adults - mostly parents and otherwise unemployable administrators — where the rules, the procedures and the approved behaviors vary daily and the changes come so rapidly and abruptly that the characters in Alice in Wonderland would be totally jealous.

Tamerlan's grandparents had been native Chechens, who had been deported to Kyrgystan by the Stalin regime.

While I for one am absolutely thrilled about a reduction in time spent doing laundry (as it continues to feel like a treadmill of tedium today, I can only imagine the hours our grandparents wasted on the task), you could be excused for asking, who really cares?

Born in Hertfordshire, England, and raised by Quaker grandparents, Grantham is co-founder of investment firm GMO (Grantham, May, Van Otterloo), which he helped establish shortly after earning his MBA at Harvard University.

This will no doubt be addictive to not just your everyday millennial, but grandparents alike.

So LaSalle Network launched a mentorship program and embraced «corporate grandparenting» — managers guide not only their direct reports but the layer below as well.

«That's easy to pull off especially if the grandparent doesn't talk on the phone very often with their grandchild,» says Hutt.

Affirmative action opened the door to higher education for the pan-Asian community in the aftermath of the Chinese Exclusion Act — which was in force from 1882 to 1943 — and Japanese American internment during World War II, at a time when systemic racism barred our grandparents and parents from accessing a better life for themselves.

I don't know about you, but even as a man in my 40s, I sometimes hear my parents» cautionary words — or even my grandparents» — when I go to do something I probably shouldn't.

«And I'm Greek, which means my grandparents did have a diner.»

Never wire money to anyone unless you know the person, says Hutt, noting grandparents can help their family most by checking with the grandchild's parents to confirm they are where they say they are.

They are the closing the family circle and making wine together — as their Italian immigrant great - grandparents intended.

«I just feel sorry for my parents and grandparents, who can not work anymore.

In your grandparents» grandparents» time, it was harder to make a million.

He also described his own experience growing up with grandparents who suffered from dementia.

We lived on the first floor, and my grandparents lived on the second.

His name is on the honour roll at Aquinas College for academic excellence, which I brought to the attention of my grandson on grandparents day in May of this year.

I've had some grandparents that I didn't really know pass away, plus the relatives of some good friends, but otherwise I've never lost anyone close to me until our poor kitty.

«We are so much more like our grandparents behaviorally than our parents,» said Chantel Bonneau, a millennial and financial advisor with Northwestern Mutual.

Now, the parent or grandparent in question must be infirm in order to claim the credit.

He introduced himself and gave me two gifts — one was a piece of art from Nvgorod, the village where my grandparents were from in Belarus, and the other was a bag of dirt from that same village.

Canadians who support a parent or grandparent who is 65 years of age or older, and living with them, can no longer make a claim.

Grandparents watch over their grandchildren.

After all, their parents and grandparents fared well with pensions and social security.

To cut expenses, they lived rent - free in an apartment owned by Sha's grandparents, located within a gated community exclusively for senior citizens.

«Every time you drove in, you had to check in with a security guard, and we would say we were there to visit Mike's grandparents.

Parents who previously left children behind with grandparents or other extended family to have their children join them.

«Parents and grandparents want to help their children or grandchildren pay for school, and the last thing they want is for them to be made worse off because of their own financial distress or death.»

Our family relies on a strong mix of my grandparents, teachers and our nanny to make things work.

At this point, most grandparents have learned to use such marvels of the modern world as laptops, smartphones and even social media, right?

He's been married to the same woman for 28 years, and is the father of two children and grandparent to three more.

However, it's not technically a ghost town because it has a single resident named Philip O'Connor, who has lived in the same house that his parents and grandparents occupied.

Because the parents worked long hours, the sisters spent much of their time at their grandparents» house down the street.

Contributions to 529 accounts and direct tuition payments should top parents» and grandparents» lists.

It's human nature that we estimate our longevity based on the longevity of our parents, or grandparents.

Those services generally rent out the kinds of vehicles your grandparents would drive.

This was upsetting, but compared to what my parents and grandparents had faced, it felt tame.

A U.S. judge on Thursday granted the state of Hawaii's bid to exempt grandparents and other relatives from President Trump's travel ban.

A U.S. judge rejected Hawaii's bid to exempt grandparents from President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on Thursday.

Your parents or grandparents worked in vastly different times than we live in today.

Should you feel guilty holding your six - month - old up to the screen so her grandparents can see her on Skype?

Gen Yers don't respond to the advertising strategies that worked for their grandparents, boomers or Gen X.