Why grandparents matter more than ever for children’s mental health

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Grandparents may play a far more important role in children’s emotional development than modern family life tends to acknowledge. With a large share of American teenagers reporting ongoing sadness or hopelessness, one child psychologist believes the decline of extended family involvement has quietly contributed to what public health officials have described as an ongoing crisis […]

Grandparents who do this simple thing may live longer

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The secret may be sitting right in your living room Every afternoon around four, a familiar scene plays out in living rooms far beyond one household — a grandparent kneels down, arms open, ready to spin a small child across the carpet. It looks like nothing more than play. Scientists studying aging say it might […]