WRAPPING UP THE "SECOND HALF" COURSE, AND PREVIEWING APRIL

In this last episode of March, the Eyres summarize the "How to Live" course they have conducted for the past 7 months, and introduce the podcast's core subject matter for April. In the month of Easter and Springtime, Richard and Linda are focusing on personal prayer, particularly "Morning Prayer" and on how we can make it more authentic, personal, and consequential.

Many parenting and grandparenting approaches to money point toward entitlement, hand-outs, and financial illiteracy in our children. But with a little thought and planning, we can find approaches that lead instead to motivation, ownership, and equity mind-sets. Using their own and other families examples, the Eyres discuss how to create a self-sufficient family economy rather than a welfare family economy.

As the Eyres continue their March theme of how to live the second half of life financially, they focus today on things grandparents can do to assist children financially without fostering attitudes of entitlement. Ideas like an interest-paying Grandparents Bank, Matching Grants, and Custodial Roth IRAs are discussed. All must be done in consultation and agreement with the parents.

In this episode, the Eyres start a deep dive into the financial questions and dilemmas of three generation families. Whether you are Gen 1 (Grandparents), Gen 2 (Parents) or Gen 3 (Grandchildren) tune in all month as Richard and Linda give us ideas that work whether we are rich or poor.

The Eyres are in Manhattan today with their son Eli and daughter-in-law Julie and their children -- Eli joins them as they discuss three generation families and how to stay close and how to connect generations one and three. Eli and the Eyres share their love for New York City -- even as a place to raise kids.

Today, the Eyres are joined by their daughter Shawni who has made them great-grandparents! As a new grandma, Shawni has some fresh perspectives, and Richard and Linda share a section from their forthcoming book "The Grandparenting Blueprint" which will be released in March.

The Eyres give their podcast followers a sneak preview of their new book, being released in March, called THE GRANDPARENTING BLUEPRINT: How to teach your grandkids life’s most important lessons. This episode they share insights into what they call the basics of deliberate, proactive, teamwork grand parenting.

In this episode, the Linda and Richard give us a sneak preview of their book The Grandparenting Blueprint that will be released in March. Perhaps what makes the book unique is that it includes responses and inputs from the Eyres' grandchildren of all ages. Why did they write this book? Answers in this podcast!

In this episode, directly from the Eyres who are currently on Maui, the contention is that no matter how hard we work at parenting (or grandparenting) and no matter how many parenting methods or techniques we have, the greatest help comes not from human sources but from divine sources. As earthly parents, we are entitled to help from Heavenly Parents and we need to seek that help through sincere prayer.

The Eyres begin this episode by reflecting on their history with Hawaii and the role the islands have played in their family life. Then they turn to the month's theme of How To Live the Second Half of Life Spiritually and focus on their grandson's accident that occurred this week and what it taught them about prayer and spiritual answers. For more detail see Instagram @HTLsecondhalf.