Becoming Grandma The Joys and Science of the Ne

Fromoneofthecountry’smostrecognizablejournalists：Howbecomingagrandmothertransformsawoman’slife.Afterfourdecadesasareporter，LesleyStahl’smostvividandtransformativeexperienceofherlifewasnotcoveringtheWhiteHouse，interviewingheadsofstate，orresearchingstoriesat60Minutes.Itwasbecomingagrandmother.Shewashitwithajoltofjoysointenseandunexpected，shewantedto“investigate”it—asthoughitwereanewsflash.Andso，usingher60Minutesskills，sheexploredhowgrandmotheringchangesawoman’slife，interviewingfriendslikeWhoopiGoldberg，colleagueslikeDianeSawyer(andgrandfathers，includingTomBrokaw)，aswellastheproverbialwomannextdoor.Alongwiththesepersonalaccounts，Stahlspeakswithscientistsanddoctorsaboutphysiologicalchangesthatoccurinwomenwhentheyhavegrandchildren;anthropologistsaboutwhytherearegrandmothers，inevolutionaryterms;andpsychiatristsaboutthetherapeuticeffectsofgrandchildrenonbothgrandmothersandgrandfathers.ThroughoutBecomingGrandma，StahlsharesstoriesaboutherownlifewithgranddaughtersJordanandChloe，abouthowherrelationshipwithherdaughter，Taylor，haschanged，andabouthowbeingagrandfatherhasaffectedherhusband，Aaron.Inanerawhenbabyboomersarebecominggrandparentsindrovesandwhenyoungparentsneedallthehelptheycangetraisingtheirchildren，Stahl’sbookisatimelyandaffectingreadthatredefinesacherishedrelationship.