The news of becoming a grandparent is unlike any other. The new addition to your family allows you a baby to love and spoil, without the 24/7 commitment of actual parenting.

Many anticipate that being a grandparent will be a breeze; you've been a parent before, so you assume you know what to do. But just when you thought you had conquered parenting, the 21st century comes and changes all the rules.

Many things have changed from when today's grandparents were parents themselves. Each generation makes up new rules, but what is smarter and healthier to parents today, is inconsistent with what grandparents learned during...