Neil Taft joins our conversation this week to talk about being a Caring Grandparent. Specifically, we learn how Neil, a great-grandfather, is leading the charge to help all grandparents build and maintain incredible relationships with their grandchildren.
Neil’s mission is to enhance Grandparents’ bonds with their Grandchildren by building lasting, meaningful connections. Neil believes stories and shared experiences can strengthen the grandparent/ grandchild bond.
You will love how Neil has worked hard to develop and maintain his relationships with his children, grandchildren, and now great-grandchildren. Neil shares with us a remarkable story of how he has been able to create and maintain a relationship with his ex-daughter-in-law. Neil’s work in that relationship now enables him to remain an active grandfather in his nineteen-year-old granddaughter’s life.
We also talk about one of Neil’s philosophies: to be a GOOD SEER and a GOOD SAYER. Simply put, this philosophy is centered on the principle that when you see something good in the world, say something about it. The good could be a great piece of street art or, as Neil shares, seeing a person with a charming piece of clothing. Neil belives that everyone from our youngest grandchild to older people we run into each wants and seeks out approval and complements. As a grandfather, Neil finds this a natural state for him to be in that doesn’t cost anything but produces enormous returns for the person receiving the compliment.
Links
Use this link to visit Neil’s webpage and check out the great work that he is doing over there: https://www.caringgrandparents.com/
This link will take you to Neil’s new book, Caring Grandparents: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFV97S8Z.
You can use this link to purchase Neil’s book, Good to Great Grandparenting: https://www.amazon.com/GOOD-GREAT-GRANDPARENTING-Meaningful-Connections/dp/B0CZDH1JTC/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
You can watch this conversation on YouTube by clicking on this link: https://youtu.be/OuHnXjmYKFo.
Here is the link to check out our good friend Dr. Kerry Byrne’s The Long Distance Grandparent. I hope you join her group if it suits you and your needs. I like to hang out with this group when I can. https://thelongdistancegrandparent.com/
This link will take you to Grandparent’s Academy, which is a great resource for all grandparents. Neil and I are presenters/ faculty and enjoy connecting with grandparents over at that site as well. https://www.grandparentsacademy.com/
More Than Grand 
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Founded in 2011 by Aaron Larsen as a way to honor his grandparents, GrandparentsAcademy.com is the world’s first and only online academy dedicated to helping grandparents grow meaningful relationships and rich legacies with their loved ones.
