Links

Links for Kids and Grandparents

AARP Grandparent Information Center

ParentLink
1-800-552-8522

National
Grandparenting
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Missouri Grandparent Visitation Rights Legislation

Books with Grandparents

Generations United

Brookdale Relatives As Parents Program

What Every Grandparent Should Know About Child Safety

Kincare Connection -- St. Louis Area Newsletter with Lots of Helpful Advice

Links to other sites

The Mid-Missouri Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (GRP) enrichment group meets from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. the Fourth Thursday of each month in the cafeteria at the Columbia Senior Center, 1121 Business Loop 70 East, Columbia.

The meetings are open to all grandparents raising grandchildren. Advance notice is not necessary. To receive monthly mailings with information about the meetings, please call 660-882-5661. An answering machine is available before 8:30 a.m. and after 4:30 p.m.

There are no dues. Lunch is available ($3 for 50+ and $4 for under age 50). It is not a requirement to have lunch to join the group.

Meetings are informal. A guest is invited to each meeting as a resource to answer questions. Guests have addressed grandparent-grandchild relations, maintaining health, handling stress, holiday activities with grandchildren, legal issues.

Facilitator is Art Schneider, a University of Missouri Human Development./Family Studies Specialist (660-882-5661).

The GRP is sponsored by the Boone County Parent Education Committee, a consortium of organizations that works with parents and parent figures.

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren