Grandparent Tip Sheet

By: AARP Foundation Grandparent Program | June 2008

Providing Childcare for Grandchildren

• Creating a Family Childcare Agreement
• Getting Organized for Childcare
• Making Your Home Safe for Grandchildren
• When Grandparents Provide Childcare
• Why Take a Driver-Safety Class?
  

Your Grandchild

• Child Development
• Difficult Behaviors
• Keeping Grandchildren Healthy
• Succeeding in School
• When Your Grandchild’s Parent Is in Prison
• Special Needs
• Trauma
• When Your Grandchild’s Parent Is Addicted
• Difficult Behaviors

Gifts & Finances

• Making Financial Gifts to Grandchildren
• Section 529 Plans Offer Tax Incentives to Save for Grandkids’ Education
• Choosing Toys for Grandchildren
• Giving Gifts to Your Grandchildren
• Grandparents Draw the Line on Generosity
• AARP Financial's "Grandparents' Place": Invest in Your Grandchild’s Future
  

Fun & Activities

• Welcome to Grandparenting
• Becoming a Grandparent
• Bonding With Grandchildren Over Books
• Books for Grandchildren
• Computing with Grandchildren: A Beginner’s Guide
• Choosing Toys for Grandchildren
• Laughing With Your Grandchildren
• Long-Distance Grandparenting
• Playing With Our Grandchildren
• For My Grandchild: A Grandmother’s Gift of Memory
• From Your Grandfather: A Gift of Memory for My Grandchild
  

Travel

• Outdoor Vacations With Grandchildren
• Touring With Grandchildren: Grand Canyon
• Traveling With Grandchildren
• The Gang’s All Here
  

Family Challenges

• Grandparents' Role in the Family
• Long-Distance Grandparenting
• Step-Grandparenting
• Visitation
• Hard Times Drive Adult Kids 'Home'
• When Your Grandchild’s Parent Is in Prison
• When Your Grandchild’s Parent Is Addicted

Resources and Research

• Grandparent Support Locator
• Grand Fact Sheets
  
• Benefits QuickLINK For Grandfamilies
• GrandCare News
• AARP Foundation’s Grandparenting Resource Materials
• Census 2000 Data About Grandparent-Headed Households
• 2002 Grandparent Study Report
• AARP Financial's "Grandparents' Place": Invest in Your Grandchild’s Future
• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, a Global Perspective