million grandparents in Britain  was launched by those thoughtful Mumsnet people. Its a wonderful online forum for advice and discussion and now theres a book as well: The New Grannys Survival Guide, with a foreword by Janet Ellis  presenter of Blue Peter in the Eighties and now granny to three boys (she should get a Blue Peter badge herself for all the hours she entertained my children back then).

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s upsetting that my audience doesnt always find them as gripping as I do. So you can imagine my delight when in 2011, Gransnet, the website designed specifically for DGs like me  there are currently 14