Rebecca

I raised my kids in a house where the phone was attached to the wall. We ate dinner together because there was nowhere else to be, and bedtime was the same every night because nobody had invented a reason for it not to be. Now I watch my grandkids do homework on a tablet before breakfast, and I don’t pretend I know every new rule. But I know what hasn’t changed: a kid still needs someone who looks up from whatever they’re doing and actually sees them.

These guides are for parents raising kids in a world I never lived in — and for grandparents like me, figuring it out alongside them. I’m not here to hand down verdicts. I’m here to remind you that the best parts of raising a family still work the way they always have. Be present. Be patient. Ask real questions. Say no sometimes. Say yes more often than you think you’re allowed to. The tools change. Children don’t, not really.