He had sold dress fabrics, following in the footsteps of the grandparents who had brought him up.
So for all the grandparents out there raising boys, my heart goes out to you.
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One-third of the grandparents raising children had not finished high school, and 62% had no college education.
Just last month, I attended a deployment ceremony where I met some folks I now call the grandparents.
The grandparents worked with their financial planner, Burk Rosenthal, to structure the loan.
Moreover, the grandparents in these families tend to have their own limitations.
"The grandparents often have the most stable and substantial income, because they have better economic resources than the parents do, " she said.
"New Zealanders are great travellers and the grandparents find that a great way to keep in touch is through e-mail, " said Mr Read.
My mother and the grandparents who raised me instilled the values of self-reliance and personal responsibility that remain the cornerstone of the American idea.
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He said problems arose because the council did not class the grandparents as the children's foster parents, instead deeming their help a "private family arrangement".
The girls' mother, Tommie Granville, was not against the Troxels visiting the girls, but did object to the amount of visitation time the grandparents had sought.
Children are counting down the hours until the grandparents arrive.
Charges in Indiana against the grandparents were dropped in 2008.
Depending on the objective and how much control the grandparents want to have on how the money is spent, Ms. Muldoon may advise savings vehicles other than 529 plans.
Think back not all that long ago, back to when the grandparents of a middler ager like myself were children. 30, 40% of the population worked on the land.
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There is also an obvious generational gap in energy levels: whereas 70% of the grandparents were over 50 years old, the study found, 70% of the children were 11 or younger.
This pays for the grandparents to have someone else mind the kids for a few weeks when school is out, since the teachers can no longer give them a breather everyday.
In the grandparents coming out of retirement to pitch in and help make ends meet, I saw my own mom who has helped raise our girls since the day they were born.
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"If it would have stayed alive, there would have been at least a memory of this young couple for the grandparents, the family, the community, " said Isaac Abraham, a family friend and member of the sect.
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Some months of detective work followed and police found the grandparents, who they say admitted to assuming new names, in a town near Landers, who has been living under a name given to him by his grandparents.
In the cramped flat, under framed photos of the grandparents decked in Soviet war medals, we threw back vodka and sweet champagne and jabbed at some unnaturally pink salami that looked suspiciously as if it had once oinked.
With grandchildren, parents and grandparents need to come to an agreement about what household rules the kids need to follow, how much disciplining the grandparents will do and how much baby sitting they are willing to take on.
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The most likely situation is that the grandparents are living comfortably on the national pension, plus their own savings, and enjoying almost free medical care, while planning to enroll in a nursing care program for which they will pay only a fraction of the cost.
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You are all heroes -- from the moms who keep their families together while your loved ones are serving overseas, to the grandparents who step in with much needed support, to the siblings and children who are strong and brave while mom or dad is away.
You are all heroes -- from the moms and dads who keep your families together while your loved ones are serving overseas, to the grandparents who step in with much needed support, to the children who are strong and brave while mom and dad are away.
Last but not least, I want to recognize all the people who helped you to reach this milestone: the parents, the grandparents, the aunts, the uncles, the sisters, the brothers, the friends, the neighbors -- (applause) -- who have loved you and stood behind you every step of the way.
So, all you need is a phone line and a battery, I mean, a power outlet and the grandparents plug it in and everyday they can look forward to new photos that have been sent to it via pretty much e-mail and you can even send it from your camera phone, too.
Currently, most schools are not much different than the one my grandparents attended in the 1920s.
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