The Mindful Grandparent, Shirley Showalter
The Mindful Grandparent, Shirley Showalter
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The Mindful Grandparent
The Art of Loving Our Children's Children

Author: Shirley Showalter, Marilyn McEntyre

Narrator: Pam Ward

Unabridged: 6 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/03/2022

Synopsis

Making memories and fostering relationships with our grandchildren in the midst of a fast-moving culture isn't easy, and a legacy that lasts isn't crafted overnight. So how do we as grandparents cultivate strong, meaningful relationships with the children we adore?

Start with The Mindful Grandparent. With twelve grandchildren between them, authors and educators Marilyn McEntyre and Shirley Showalter know deep in their bones that attending to the small ones in our lives has never been more important. They can help grandchildren live with intention, be attentive to others, to nature, and to the diverse, beautiful, and troubled social world around them.

The Mindful Grandparent doesn't shy away from the challenging issues in contemporary grandparenting. Through inspired ideas teamed with simple practices and engaging stories, The Mindful Grandparent covers wide-ranging topics such as cultivating curiosity, giving meaningful gifts, helping children explore difficult topics, building a grandparent team, honoring adult children's boundaries, and managing technology.

Let The Mindful Grandparent be your guide and source of refuge for the sacred and sometimes bewildering work of grandparenting.

About Shirley Showalter

Shirley Showalter is an award-winning educator, author, speaker, and grandmother. With a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, Showalter served as a professor and then president of Goshen College in Indiana and as a foundation executive at the Fetzer Institute in Michigan. She and her husband live in Lititz, Pennsylvania.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tracy on April 20, 2022

The Mindful Grandparent is about listening to our children and grandchildren, as well as to our own hearts and life needs, as we take up our position as elders in our families. This book offers options for serving with conscious wisdom, while also respecting who we, and they (our children and grandc......more

Goodreads review by Laurie on May 06, 2022

Delivered with dashes of humor and dollops of grace, this practical and practice-able handbook is a guidepost for grandparents that’s chockfull of inspiration to encourage, equip, and help you navigate the ups and downs of this all-important relationship and family role. I’m glad I have THE MINDFUL......more

Goodreads review by Richard on May 05, 2022

The key to this book’s appeal, power, and inspiration is spotlighted in its title. Mindful. Which means, essentially, to be aware. Aware of a kid’s gifts and challenges. Aware of their particulars and larger context. Aware of what seems needed. Aware that you can be a lever, a multiplying force. Lov......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on April 21, 2022

The Mindful Grandparent celebrates the many manifestations of grandparents’ love. For Showalter and McIntyre, that love is expressed in each story carefully told, and in their thoughtful reflection on what it means to be grandparents in a world beset by challenges. What they’ve written is most certa......more

Goodreads review by Chuck on March 05, 2023

Correction to Goodreads: there are TWO co-authors - Marilyn McEntyre and Shirley Showalter. Two seemingly different books that each list one of the authors' names are really the same book. Mostly rather generic advice ("relax & be nice") for grandparents on being friends with and helping raise their......more

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