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Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County Announces The Joys and Challenges of Grandparenting
An informal group for Grandmas and Grandpas, Bubbies and Zaydes, Nanas and Papas
Dates: 5 Monday afternoons, June 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30
Time: 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Location: West Windsor Arts Council, 952 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550
No Fee!
Contact: Pre-registration required to Lara Wellerstein at 609-987-8100 or laraw@jfcsonline.org
Description: This free group will provide a comfortable, non-judgmental, confidential space for people in all stages of grandparenting to explore issues of mutual interest. Co-led by Susan Flaster, RN, BSN, MPA, CMCN, a grandmother of five, and Cindy Kramer, MEd, MSW, grandmother of four. Topics may include but are not limited to:
· Establishing boundaries
· Maintaining a relationship with your child and nurturing a relationship with his/her spouse
· Grandparenting in an interfaith family
· Staying connected across the miles
· The challenges of being a “Granny-Nanny”
· Feelings associated with being the “other” grandparents
· The challenges of maintaining relationships with grandchildren after a divorce
· Dealing with disparity in financial resources within extended families
· Handling holidays
