GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 18

cover story
2011 top award!
GRAND Magazine’s
2011 Awards for Best
Grandparenting Books
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Enjoy this excerpt from
Chapter 1: “But We’re Too
Young to Be Grandparents.”
BY DIANA J. EWING
O
Diana J. Ewing
of Laguna
Niguel, California,
spent
30 years in
advertising and
public relations
before venturing
into humor
writing. This is
her first book.
nce upon a time in the sixties
we baby boomers vowed never
to trust anybody over thirty.
Now our own thirtysomething
years are a distant memory,
and we keep getting mail from
AARP. Wait a minute, isn’t that
one of those organizations for
old people? Clearly, somebody
has made a mistake. We’re
still hip. We’re still relevant.
Our credentials are nothing but
cool.
Weren’t boomer gals glued
to black-and-white TV sets
across America every time
The Beatles appeared on The
Ed Sullivan Show? And right
away didn’t boomer guys
start growing their hair longer
accordingly?
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Wasn’t it us boomers who
danced the full seventeen minutes
to “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” having
no idea what it meant? And
weren’t we the ones who drove
our VW microbuses all the way to
Woodstock? Okay, maybe some
of us only saw the movie, but we
were there in spirit. It doesn’t get
any cooler than that....
As we struggled to distinguish
ourselves from the generations

GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011

GRAND - July/Aug 2011
Grand Treasure Hunt
Table of Contents
Grand View
Grand Central
American Pride (and Peace of Mind)
The Golden Now
Cover Story: The Baby Boomers’ Guide to Grandparenting
2011 Awards for Best Grandparenting Books
Bite Your Tongue?
Grand Products
Extraordinary Grands: Claudia Timbo
Grand Families: Going Through the Fire
Birds Do It
Grandparent Rights: Brainwashing Hannah
Teaching Kindness by Example
Getting Creative with Childhood Obesity
Toys ’n Tech
“Whadya Say??”
Grand Finale
The Big Reveal
Op Ed: Same-Sex Marriage, Pro or No?
Kinship Care Resources
Find Fun Things to Do
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - intro
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - GRAND - July/Aug 2011
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 2
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 3
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Grand Treasure Hunt
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Table of Contents
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Grand View
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 7
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Grand Central
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 9
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 10
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 11
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - American Pride (and Peace of Mind)
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 13
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - The Golden Now
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 15
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 16
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 17
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Cover Story: The Baby Boomers’ Guide to Grandparenting
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 19
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 2011 Awards for Best Grandparenting Books
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 21
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 22
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 23
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Bite Your Tongue?
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 25
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Grand Products
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 27
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Extraordinary Grands: Claudia Timbo
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 29
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Grand Families: Going Through the Fire
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 31
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Birds Do It
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 33
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 34
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 35
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Grandparent Rights: Brainwashing Hannah
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 37
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Teaching Kindness by Example
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 39
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 40
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 41
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Getting Creative with Childhood Obesity
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 43
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Toys ’n Tech
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 45
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - “Whadya Say??”
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 47
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Grand Finale
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 49
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - The Big Reveal
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 51
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Op Ed: Same-Sex Marriage, Pro or No?
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - Find Fun Things to Do
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 54
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 55
GRAND Magazine - July/August 2011 - 56
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