Grandparents Course

The course teaches you to support without taking over by understanding your new role as grandparent (not parent). You'll learn communication strategies, how to ask before offering help, and ways to honor the parents' wishes while building meaningful relationships with your grandchild.

We provide conversation scripts and strategies for discussing parenting differences respectfully. You'll learn how to share your experience while respecting their choices, when to speak up about safety concerns, and how to repair relationships when conflicts arise.

Many safety guidelines have evolved! The course covers current recommendations including safe sleep practices (back sleeping, empty cribs), updated car seat rules, honey restrictions, new choking hazards, and modern childproofing standards. Understanding these changes helps you provide safe care.

Current safe sleep guidelines include always placing babies on their backs to sleep, using a firm mattress with fitted sheet only, keeping cribs empty (no blankets, bumpers, or toys), and room-sharing without bed-sharing. These rules apply even for short naps at grandparents' homes.

The course includes comprehensive childproofing checklists for every room, covering cabinet locks, outlet covers, stair gates, medication storage, and specific hazards grandparents often overlook like decorative items, plants, and older home features that weren't designed with modern safety standards.

The course teaches infant choking rescue techniques including back blows and chest thrusts for babies under 1 year, and modified techniques for toddlers. You'll learn to recognize choking vs. gagging and when to call 911. These life-saving skills are essential for any grandparent providing care.

Absolutely! Any caregiver should know infant CPR. The course covers proper hand placement, compression depth and rate, rescue breathing, and when to use CPR vs. choking rescue. These skills provide confidence and could save your grandchild's life in an emergency.

Baby-led weaning lets babies self-feed with finger foods from the start, skipping purees. We explain both approaches, safety considerations for each method, and how to support whatever feeding style the parents choose while respecting their philosophy about food introduction.

Car seat safety has evolved significantly! The course covers current installation guidelines, extended rear-facing recommendations, proper harness fitting, and when to transition between seats. We include a fit guide to help you install car seats safely in your vehicle.

The course teaches practical support strategies like offering specific help ("Can I do laundry while you nap?"), following their routines, asking before giving advice, and recognizing when to step back. We provide scripts for offering help respectfully and supporting their confidence as new parents.

The course covers signs of perinatal mood disorders including persistent sadness, anxiety, exhaustion beyond normal newborn tiredness, difficulty bonding, and intrusive thoughts. You'll learn how to approach conversations sensitively and connect them with professional support resources.

Hospital births today involve different protocols than in the past. The course covers current hospital procedures, visiting policies, how to support during labor, immediate postpartum care, and what newborn procedures to expect. This helps you know how to be helpful without getting in the way.

Anytime! Many grandparents start during their child's pregnancy to prepare, while others begin after the baby arrives. The course is valuable whether you're a first-time grandparent or adding another grandchild to the family and want to stay current with modern practices.

Yes! Both grandparents should be on the same page with modern safety practices and communication strategies. Your access includes your spouse or partner so you can both provide consistent, safe care and support the new family effectively.

Yes! Most HSA and FSA plans reimburse family safety and parenting education courses. You'll get a detailed receipt to submit to your plan administrator for reimbursement.

Yes—15 days, no questions asked if you've completed less than 10% of the content. We're confident you'll feel more prepared to be the supportive, safe grandparent you want to be, but want you to feel completely comfortable with your investment.

Yes. We offer a no-questions-asked pay-what-you-can option . Every grandparent deserves access to modern safety education and relationship guidance—cost shouldn't be a barrier to being the best grandparent you can be.