On March 5th, as part of Waltham Committee’s ongoing Scholars Talks series, WSRC Scholar Ruth Nemzoff met with Grandmothers at the Waltham Senior Center to discuss some of the challenges of being a grandmother. Ruth spoke about her two books, Don’t Bite Your Tongue: How to Foster Rewarding Relationships with Your Adult Children , Don’t Roll Your Eyes: Making In-Laws Into Family for about twenty minutes, the Rest of the time was devoted to a very open and honest discussion of grandparenting when you and your children disagree about discipline, food, religious practice and style of living. The grandmothers shared not only their questions but some of they ways they have managed to work out their differences. It helped to have humor and persepctive that there are many ways to raise good ,loving and kind human being. The attendees engaged in insightful and honest conversation.
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Ruth Nemzoff’s Grandparenting Workshop
Posted in Community and education, Council on Aging, Scholars Talks, tagged family, grandparenting, interfaith, relationships, Ruth Nemzoff on March 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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