New Grandparent Essentials
The Guided Workbook for Grandparents Who Want to Get It Right
You love your grandchild fiercely. You want to be there — really there — in a way that strengthens your whole family, not just the moments that make it onto social media.
But wanting to get it right and having the tools to actually do it are two different things.
New Grandparent Essentials gives you the frameworks, conversation guides, and planning process that turn your intentions into a relationship your grandchild’s parents will welcome and your grandchild will remember.
This isn’t information. It’s implementation.
There’s no shortage of advice for new grandparents. Blog posts, Facebook groups, well-meaning friends — everyone has something to say about how to navigate this new role. But most grandparents never move beyond advice into action. They know what they should do. They just don’t have a clear path for doing it. And at a time when adult children are more willing than ever to limit — or end — family relationships that feel unsupportive, that gap matters.
New Grandparent Essentials is that path. A guided workbook you work through at your own pace, with conversation frameworks, reflection exercises, and planning tools you’ll return to as your grandchild grows.
What you’ll walk away with
When you complete New Grandparent Essentials, you’ll have four things no blog post or free resource can give you:
A ready-made conversation guide for talking to parents. The Partnering with Parents section gives you the exact questions to ask before baby arrives and as your grandchild grows, organized by stage and designed to open dialogue without putting parents on the defensive. Most grandparents want to have these conversations, but very few know how to start them. Now you will.
A written Grand Vision statement. Through a guided reflection process, you’ll clarify what kind of grandparent you want to be, what values you want to pass on, and what memories you want to make. Then — and this is the step most grandparents never take — you’ll share it with parents. That single act changes how they see you, from someone who might need managing to someone who’s genuinely on their team.
A completed Grand Plan. Your vision becomes a concrete action plan with specific goals and the steps to reach them. You’ll leave NGE knowing not just what you want as a grandparent, but exactly how you’re going to make it happen.
The MVG Pledge. A written commitment to yourself and to the parents that puts your intentions on paper and holds you to the standard you’ve set. Grandparents who make that commitment find it clarifies everything that comes after.
You’ll also get current, grandparent-specific guidance on baby care and safety and a plain-English primer on modern parenting trends, so you’re never caught off guard and parents never have to explain things twice.
How New Grandparent Essentials works
NGE is delivered as a beautifully designed PDF workbook. Most grandparents print it out, since the worksheets are meant to be written on, returned to, and shared with parents.
Plan to spend two to three hours working through the frameworks and exercises. The Baby Care and Trends sections are reference material to dip into as needed. This is a process, and the grandparents who get the most from it are the ones who treat it that way.
Limited-Time Bonus: Free with Purchase
What Today’s Parents Wish Every Grandparent Knew
A video presentation by DeeDee Moore, Founder of More Than Grand
Before you open the workbook, watch this. In this 40-minute presentation, DeeDee walks through what the research actually shows about parenting today—the financial pressure, the stress levels, the loneliness, the information overload—and what it means for how you show up as a grandparent. You’ll understand why parents set the boundaries they set, what mistakes even well-meaning grandparents make without realizing it, and exactly how to become the grandparent your family can’t imagine being without.
This video was created for Grandparents Academy’s Grandparents Week and is no longer available anywhere else. It’s included free with your NGE purchase through [END DATE]. After that date, this page returns to standard pricing with no bonus.
“As a counselor specializing in family communication, I haven’t found a better tool to prepare grandparents for success. NGE provides answers to the common questions and concerns grandparents have had forever, as well as covering crucial newer topics that affect children growing up today.”
— Cynthia Kane, MS, CGC, Founder, It’s Their Turn: Wisdom for Grandparents
“This book has made a huge difference in the way I look at my daughters. I look at them as women who are raising children, who have more information than I did 30 years ago. Now I can play a support role and not the ‘let me tell you what I know’ role. I highly recommend it for any new grandparent.”
— Loretta B. (Lolo)
“With our first grandchild on the way, we wondered how to best take on this new role. By supporting our daughter and her husband first, we earned a stronger connection than before we became grandparents. And because we take their lead, our grandchild is with us instead of part-time childcare. We are all thriving together.”
— L.M.
“New Grandparent Essentials is totally worth the investment! The lesson in “intentional grand-parenting” made me realize how helpful it is to give more thought to my goals as a grandma and create an action plan. The talking points for the partnership with grandbaby’s parents are the most powerful part. “
— Gramma K
Your investment in your family
New Grandparent Essentials is $74—a one-time purchase with immediate download access.
If you’re wondering whether that’s worth it, consider this: the conversation frameworks and planning tools inside NGE are designed to help you avoid the misunderstandings that push grandparents out of their grandchildren’s lives. That’s not a small thing.
We’re so confident NGE will change how you approach your role that we offer a full 14-day money-back guarantee. If it’s not right for you, just email us and we’ll refund your purchase, no questions asked.
Questions we frequently get
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The core frameworks in NGE have never appeared in any of our free content: the Partnering with Parents conversation guides, the Grand Vision process, the Grand Plan, and the MVG Pledge. You’ll find plenty of advice about supporting parents and building relationships on the blog and in our emails, but the structured tools for putting that advice into practice are exclusively here.
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Most in-person grandparent classes focus on baby care basics. NGE goes further. The conversation frameworks and vision-setting process are things no hospital class covers, because they’re about your relationship with parents, not just your skills with a newborn.
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Most likely, yes. The transition to parenthood shifts even strong relationships in unexpected ways. The conversation guides in NGE help you stay ahead of those shifts rather than react to them.
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Not at all. The frameworks in NGE work at any stage. Many grandparents find them especially valuable once the early newborn haze has lifted and patterns—good and not so good—are starting to form.
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NGE is a PDF workbook with immediate download access. Most grandparents print it out. Plan to spend two to three hours on the frameworks and worksheets. The Baby Care and Trends sections are reference material to return to as your grandchild grows.
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We offer a full 14-day money-back guarantee. Just email us at deedee@morethangrand.com and we’ll take care of it.