This series will be the story of my Daughter and how addiction has impacted all of our lives: The Beginning: My Daughter is a gifted, bright girl. She was always ahead development-wise, walking at eight months, potty trained at a
Grandparents Advocating on Behalf of Their Grandchildren by Lisa Holliday
The Founder of Helping Grandparents shares her story…
Why Does My Daughter Blame Me For Raising Her Child?
What a strange place to be in. You no longer get to relish being a grandparent because you have been put in this precarious position of raising your grandchild due to your child’s life choices. Your child is struggling with
The Elephant In The Room
Mother’s Day When You Are Raising Your Grandchild, What It’s Really Like… Let’s talk about what’s really going on when you are raising your grandchild and someone says Happy Mother’s Day. First of all, your grandchild/ren, are without their biological
When Your Child Is Failing At Motherhood
How The Matriarch Of A Family Deals With Her Troubled Family By Lisa Holliday /Founder of Helping Grandparents LLC Your daughter was an amazing mother. She had some hardships in the past with drug use and depression, and she is doing
How Do You Keep Hope When Your Daughter Is Addicted?
A Mother’s Journey Of Facing Her Daughter’s Addiction It’s your job as a mother to protect your children and give them the skills that they need to face the world. I thought I had done that. My daughter was always
How Do You Raise A Child When You Are Old?
The challenges of raising your grandchild while aging Photo by NeONBRAND on Unsplash Let’s be honest aging sucks. You can’t stay focused, you don’t sleep worth a shit anymore, and you can’t remember one thing from the next. Enter grandchild, who throws you off
How Will I Look My Daughter In The Eye?
Someday, we will have to face each other about the decision I made to adopt her daughter. Mostly these days, I keep a hefty distance between my daughter and me. I would love to see her, but it isn’t what
Children Need To See Themselves In Books:
When you are raising your grandchildren, and you go to read them a book, there are a lot of stories with Mommies and Daddies in them. This in and of itself isn’t a problem, unless you are a child who
What Grandparents Are Experiencing While Raising Their Grandchildren-You would be Shocked!
Photo by Senjuti Kundu on Unsplash Helping Grandparents brings grandparents out of the woodwork and they are eager to help each other because they are all in the same boat: they are raising their grandchildren. So many of our stories are tragic. Our
The Truth Is That I Am Resentful:
What Grandparents Raising Their Grandkids Don’t Say Out Loud… It seems that grandparents are afraid to speak their mind on the very personal story of their lives with raising their grandchildren. Well I am a grandparent in that exact position
Grandparents: Know Your Rights, And Have Resources-
Sometimes, as a grandparent life backfires and you find yourself, not getting to relish in your grandchildren. Things happen in families, and as the Patriarch or Matriarch, you see all of the dynamics and know when it is time to
