tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38232942.post6848817467554936983..comments2024-03-15T01:38:51.061-07:00Comments on MotherhoodLater.com - World’s leading newsletter, website and community for midlife moms: Planning for Love - by LauraRobin Gorman Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06816036736416667540noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38232942.post-3942341873868910532010-05-05T14:36:39.740-07:002010-05-05T14:36:39.740-07:00Family relationships always have the potential for...Family relationships always have the potential for sorrow and joy. I gave my mom the book, "Eye of My Heart: 27 Writers Reveal the Hidden Pleasures and Perils of Being a Grandmother," edited by Barbara Graham last December when my sister's twins were born.<br /><br />Graham also has a column at grandparenting.com. It's easiest to find the column through her websitewww.barbaragrahamonline.com.<br /><br />It's a wonderful book that explodes a lot of myths about grandmothering/ grandparenting. I've read it too, in order to understand the perspective of the grandmothers in our family. I love it! It's in paperback now.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489353197619842344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38232942.post-42135300869315315942010-05-04T08:35:11.818-07:002010-05-04T08:35:11.818-07:00Laura, your blog brings to mind for me 2 things (w...Laura, your blog brings to mind for me 2 things (well, actually 3). First, I lost my Mom at age 19...I would love to know what kind of grandmother she would have been. Since she was beaten as a child, she swore she would never hit her own child, and she never did. I commend her and have taken some of her values from my early childhood and I am applying them to my own parenting...except she was way to strict and didn't allow my my autonomy when I desperately needed it. That is not happening with my son.<br /><br />Secondly, my MIL is a whacked out witch and my son has instinctively known this from a very early age. He hates her. He actually told her off this past weekend (and he is 6), and did such a good job of it, my pride in him just wouldn't allow me to correct him for being disrespectful! I which I had the guts to do the same!! My MIL comes from a completely disfunctional family (which is still disfunctional), so her parenting skills are not only antiquated, they are just plain wrong. I'm still so proud of my son! Nobody stands up to this woman! Kudoos to him for starting out at an early age not to take her crap!!<br /><br />And finally, I parent from the gut, my own intuition, common sense, and the help of 20 or so child psychology books!!<br /><br />You are a terrific parent, Laura!! Keep doing what you are doing, and your sons will become wonderful young men before you know it!!<br /><br />CaraCara Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05929269041124368708noreply@blogger.com