Camp Grandma next-generation grandparenting -- beyond babysitting

Camp Grandma reveals how a successful businesswoman merged her working career with her role as grandmother--and offers grandparents fun and creative ideas for enriching their relationships with their grandchildren while teaching the children valuable life skills that will help them grow strong and t...

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Main Author: Day, Marianne Waggoner (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA : She Writes Press, 2019.
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Summary:Camp Grandma reveals how a successful businesswoman merged her working career with her role as grandmother--and offers grandparents fun and creative ideas for enriching their relationships with their grandchildren while teaching the children valuable life skills that will help them grow strong and think critically. Readers will be introduced to a compelling, sometimes humorous, and totally unexpected twist on a role people often take for granted--as well as enter into the larger societal conversation we should be having about the possibilities and value of grandparenting, and how the women's movement has reinvigorated and reshaped not only women's approach to being grandmothers but also men's approach to the grandfather role. Warm cookies and milk are still okay, but what if they came with a workshop on goal setting or writing a business plan for the school year? Babysitting? Not even close.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:xxiii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781631525117
1631525115
9781631525124
1631525123
Author Notes:As a young wife and stay-at-home mother, Marianne Waggoner Day was a "typical" June Cleaver housewife of the '60s and '70s--until her divorce necessitated "getting a job." She started her career in sales and was promoted to various management positions. Ultimately, she became president of retail services for CBRE, where she led the largest commercial retail real estate practice in the world. Under her management, it outperformed the competition nearly two to one. Day was the first woman to earn a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 100-year-old company. She was a frequent speaker and facilitated learning and training sessions. Ten years ago, she elected to step down from her corporate role while continuing to consult with former clients and coach high-performing business professionals. Now in retirement, she has come full circle--from having her picture in the Wall Street Journal to spending much of her day caring for her grandchildren.