Blended Family Grandparenting

Just before you become bewildered with holiday decorating and shopping, take some time to purposefully plan a holiday that will assist to create lifelong good memories.

Here are a few Blended Family Grandparenting ideas to get you started.

- Ask member of the family just how they would like to spend the holiday.

- Delegate-- delegate-- delegate! You can't do it all.

- Try to keep it simple! Remember you're making holiday memories which are much more essential than trying to create the excellent holiday.

- Discover how to drop your personal agenda (assumptions) and go with the flow.

- Don't fail to remember to maintain your sense of humor ... odds are at some point during the celebrations, you'll need it!

- Try understanding each family member via a different lens-- possibly your sibling's criticism of others can be seen as her need to make her feel much better about herself.

- Children as well as grandchildren of separated couples usually feel torn between family members. So, although you might wish the child's holiday visitation schedule wasn't split with their other family members, be respectful of their time.

- Family traditions help to bring family members closer than before. Engage the whole family in a conversation concerning their favorite holiday tradition.

And also remember, there is no such thing as an ideal holiday, so drop your huge holiday expectations and just go with the flow and have a good time!