Category: Family

Many say they enjoy being a grandparent significantly more than being a parent, but why? Here we list our top reasons why we think grandparenting can be more pleasurable than parenting! You are their hero Nobody looks up to anyone like a grandchild looks up to a doting grandparent. The reception you receive when you […]

As a nationally recognised holiday in the USA, Grandparents Day has been well established across the pond for decades now. Yet over here, it is only just starting to take off. With its popularity steadily growing, here we consider, do we really need a Grandparents Day?

Grandchildren: one of the most rewarding and happy relationships you can enjoy in life, and for many, the best bit about growing older. But where does it leave those of us who are yet to have the title of ‘grandparent’ bestowed upon us by our children?

Do grandparents have any rights regarding access to their grandchildren? When a couple separates, or a family endures a bitter dispute, the consequences can have a knock on effect on the whole family. Sadly, it often means that grandparents and grandchildren endure separation through no wish of their own.

It has certainly been a wet winter so far, as many of us know only too well following the floods over the last few weeks. In fact, according to the Met Office, despite it being the warmest December since records began in 1910, it was also the wettest of any calendar month on record.

Divorce rates in the United Kingdom have been an issue of topic and debate for years now. However, one aspect of this discussion that is often ignored is the growing number of over-60s who are getting divorced.

For the post-war generation popularly called ‘the baby boomers’, their house has been their soundest investment. House prices have, over long run averages, consistently climbed for decades and today the baby boomers have the option of turning to lifetime mortgages to cash in on these historic gains.