The Mindful Grandparent

The Mindful Grandparenticon

The Art of Loving Our Children's Children

by Shirley Showalter, Marilyn McEntyre

Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Publication
May 03, 2022
Format
Hardback
Illustrated
No
Price
26.99
Dimensions
5.75 x 8.75 in
ISBN
9781506468068
Pages
258
Age
Adult 18+
Category
Family & ParentingChristian Living

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Description

Loving our children's children well is an art--one we keep learning as they grow.

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. Grandparents can help little ones learn to value relationships over things, lap time over screen time. They can help grandchildren live with intention, 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.

Awards & Endorsements

Dorothy C. Bass, author of Stepmother: Redeeming a Disdained Vocation and Receiving the Day: Christian Practices for Opening the Gift of Time
"This beautifully written book is filled with love but devoid of sentimentality--richly affirming of grandparents while also challenging us to keep growing and learning as we seek to be helpful to today's children and their parents. Here you'll find renewal, inspiration, and genuine help as you respond to a beloved and important calling." 

Author(s)

Shirley Showalter

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.
Marilyn McEntyre

Marilyn McEntyre

Marilyn McEntyre is an award-winning spiritual writer, speaker, retreat leader, and professor of medical humanities and American literature. She has written and edited over twenty books and has won several teaching awards. McEntyre currently teaches in programs at New College Berkeley, Western Seminary, the Oblate School of Theology, and Westmont College in San Francisco. She lives in Carmichael, California.

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