That makes these plans an ideal way for grandparents to help pay for education. (FORBES, Feb. 22, 1999).
One way federal and state governments have tried to help is by tweaking elderly-assistance programmes to account explicitly for grandparents' needs.
For better or worse, Cadillacs are still seen as cars for grandparents.
For grandparents who can't give money, Michael Lynch, a Shelton, Conn.
In light of this, Keith Bernhardt, vice president of Fidelity Investments' college-planning group, says it may be better for grandparents to contribute to a 529 owned by the parents.
As a country, we understand our welfare is determined by that of all Americans, and it is our responsibility to provide for our grandparents as they have for us.
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This pays for the grandparents to have someone else mind the kids for a few weeks when school is out, since the teachers can no longer give them a breather everyday.
The Chicago-based certified financial planner says while it may be difficult for some grandparents, especially those who are young and healthy now, to throttle back support for their grandchildren, they may need to do so to ensure they have enough money saved for possible health-care expenses later in life.
In the late nineties, an insurance conglomerate made an offer for my grandparents' company.
"If it would have stayed alive, there would have been at least a memory of this young couple for the grandparents, the family, the community, " said Isaac Abraham, a family friend and member of the sect.
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In August two of Cobain's early drawings--a cartoonish pencil sketch of Ronald Reagan done in a high school art class and a Christmas card created for his grandparents when he was 6--sold at a celebrity memorabilia auction in Monterey, Calif.
What Republicans should be focusing on instead is building the case for their own reforms, so that they can prove what Obama claims to believe: that it is possible to improve the way we care for our parents and grandparents, while also saving the country for future generations.
So for all the grandparents out there raising boys, my heart goes out to you.
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And I'm also very grateful to be able to make my parents grandparents for the first time.
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"They are always helping, you always see them together, " said Mort, who has lived next door to Isabel's grandparents for the past 25 years.
Neither lenders nor regulators track student-loan co-signing, but experts say there are a host of signs pointing to this new burden for parents and grandparents.
Ridley's nine-year-old daughter, Daisy, is being cared for by her grandparents, Alan and Joyce Ridley, at their home in West Pelton, County Durham, north-east England.
That news, combined with historically low interest rates, make it a good time for parents or grandparents to consider loaning money to younger generation family members.
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After their expenses, very little is left over for her husband's blind grandparents in Mexico, for Teresa's diabetic father and above all for their son Erminio, who was the original reason they came.
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So our hearts are broken today -- for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children, and for the families of the adults who were lost.
He cared that it was the right thing to do. (Applause.) And thankfully, today, because of that reform he fought for, our parents and grandparents on Medicare are paying hundreds less for their prescription drugs.
And today, because of health reform, because of what he did to fight for us, our parents and grandparents on Medicare are paying hundreds less for their prescription drugs.
And today, as a result of his fight for health reform, our parents and grandparents on Medicare are paying hundreds less for their prescription drugs.
After all if it was not for Scotland and our grandparents we would not exist.
It's the currency of choice for tooth fairies and grandparents, panhandlers, migrant laborers and off-the-books household staff.
White grandparents caring for their grandchildren account for the smallest numbers overall, but have shown the biggest increase.
Shops will be as much part of their scene as they have been for their parents or grandparents.
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For our parents and grandparents it seems like they had a simple situation.
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