{"id":86074,"date":"2026-03-08T08:06:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=86074"},"modified":"2026-03-08T08:06:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:06:46","slug":"caring-for-grandchildren-keeps-brain-sharp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/08\/caring-for-grandchildren-keeps-brain-sharp\/","title":{"rendered":"Caring for grandchildren keeps brain sharp"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1V0yEh.img?w=534&amp;h=334&amp;m=6\" alt=\"A grandparent with a child\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Caring for grandchildren could\u00a0<a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/brain-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">keep your brain sharp<\/a> and stave off a decline in thinking skills and memory, research has found.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/caring-for-grandchildren-keeps-brain-sharp\/ar-AA1V0I9Y?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69aae9b1f8d14a668ccade4f367448a6&amp;cvpid=a1f3009010fa429ce76afedede19bf5d&amp;ei=83\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Caring for grandchildren could\u00a0keep your brain sharp and stave off a decline in thinking skills and memory, research has found. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-relationships"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/kids-in-care-home.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86075,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86074\/revisions\/86075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}