By Paula Span\u2014<\/b>Audible Originals, 2021<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
Veteran journalist Paula Span is known to many for her column in the <\/span>New York Times<\/span><\/i>, The New Old Age, where she writes about the challenges faced by our rapidly growing older population. In <\/span>The Bubbe Diaries <\/span><\/i>(2021, only available as an Audible book), Span gets personal, sharing her most recent job assignment: grandmother. (<\/span>Bubbe<\/span><\/i> is Yiddish for grandmother.) Span recognized there was no Doctor Spock for her generation\u2019s grandmothers, so she writes about what she\u2019s learned on the job and how much has changed since she was a first-time mother. She covers the way newborns sleep, what\u2019s new in child safety, establishing expectations and setting boundaries, even potential issues with a daughter-in-law. This three-hour audiobook is informative for a prospective grandparent, and it\u2019s delightful to be a part of Span\u2019s new love affair with her granddaughter.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Veteran journalist Paula Span is known her column<\/span> “The New Old Age.” where she writes about the challenges faced by our rapidly growing older population. <\/span><\/p>\n