Grand Magazine - July/August 2008 - (Page 24)

grand central >> of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi admits she loves to pamper her grandkids with as many sleepovers as she can manage to squeeze in when they travel to see her from Texas, Arizona and New York. One thing she says they can count on when they come to see her is chocolate ice cream, her favorite treat. Trump delicacies The Trump kids, Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric, grew up eating in five-star restaurants, but it’s their grandmother’s cooking they drool over. When Ivana’s mom, Bubby Zelnickova, flies in from the Czech Republic, she knows she’d better pack her recipes for sour cream and cabbage soup, butterand-cheese-coated strawberry dumplings and chicken paprikash. —Mary Ann Cooper Pirates & Paradise The Pirate Soul Museum in Key West is owned by Pat Croce, former owner of NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, and is delightfully curated, featuring items from Croce’s own collection (a real treasure chest, a real pirate flag), as well as doubloons and pieces of eight and torturous instruments of various kinds and the back stories on real, true pirates (Blackbeard’s entire career was only 18 months long, and he was uggggggly…). Fun for adults and spectacular for grandchildren whose obsessions have moved beyond dinosaurs to pirates. And best of all, it’s convenient to the new Beachside, the finest multigenerational resort to come along in a while. We lounged by the elegant pool in wide, comfy chaises (many in thatched-roof cabanas) close to a snack-and-full-bar service; we lived in “kitchenette” suites with oversized furniture into which we could have sunk for a year or so, and we moved languorously for refreshments from a Sub-Zero refrigerator. Among the Beachside’s amenities is Key West itself—the wild and crazy town up-island with bars open until 4 a.m. for the parents to party and remember why they fell in love while we get to stay Beachside and play with our grandchildren in the shallow end of the pool or on the resort’s private Gulf of Mexico beach, seemingly designed for toddlers with sand buckets. We won’t even mention the five-star level of food available in the resort’s restaurant but to say it was completely incompatible with looking good in a bathing suit after a second day of feasting. —W.R.C. Help for bipolar kids i am an educator with a master’s degree in child development—yet, as a parent, I could not control my son’s behavior, nor did I understand the origin of his irritability. I was on a continual search for the right technique or the correct diagnosis. At 6, he was diagnosed with ADHD; for six more years we tried various medications and treatments. As he got older, his anger increased and his self-esteem decreased. I eventually took him to Brain Matters, where SPECT imaging was used to observe brain functioning. The results made it clear that he was suffering not from ADHD but from an early-onset bipolar disorder. Difficult news— but finally, we were able to treat it correctly. To help parents and grandparents figure this out faster than we did, I’ve written a book, Connecting the Pieces: The Discovery of Early-Onset Bipolar Disorder. —Diane Kratt For resources see page 72. Sydney, Abbie, Peter, Carmen, MN Diego Jose, CA Nia, FL McKenna, Kincaid, Conor, AK Brianna, TX Please send photo submission as a 300 dpi jpg image to editor@grandmagazine.com. Please include the child’s first name and home state, and your telephone number. 24 GRAND JULY AUGUST 2008

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Grand Magazine - July/August 2008 Contents Grand View: Love Is All That's Left Isn't It Grand?: Reassessing the Postponed Life Grand Central Just So We Know: One Mixed-Up Lemon Long-Distance Love: Cuttings Ask Grand: Stuck on Stuff Grand Gestures: "Thanks for the Ugly Gift" Tips on Teens: All That Doesn't Meet the Eye Live Long and Propser On the Cover: Peter Yarrow Presents of Mine Thicker Than Water? Reunions: White Water, White Knuckles The Grand Gourmet So We Are Not Alone Looking Grand: Suit-Able Grandbloggers: Why Watch TV When We Can Talk? Grand Bazaar Resources Grand Finale: What Boat

Grand Magazine - July/August 2008

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