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Our passion at Parent Projects™ is delivering "relief in rightsizing" for aging families.
Parent Projects™ is a senior services platform and directory organizing the longevity service industry with a privacy-first model, improving the age-friendly marketplace for business and families. Our private and effective Smart Platforms connect and share the right information, at the right time from age-friendly vendors that support you on your terms.
Join Us for Episode 6 of the Gray Guys Podcast.
When a surprise video made mom ask, 'Why am I crying?'
What does it cost to create a good day for someone you love?
This week, Dave and Tony talk about caregiving, dementia, dignity, and the invisible work that can go into creating a few meaningful hours. Then we take the idea beyond the family: What happens when cafés, businesses, and communities intentionally create places where people living with dementia or other challenges can still participate, contribute, and belong?
Maybe the goal isn’t always to eliminate the cost. Sometimes it’s deciding what’s worth carrying—and who is willing to help carry it.
Real conversations. Practical wisdom. Stronger together.
Join us for Episode 003 of the Gray Guys Podcast
Our parents spend much of their lives catching us. Eventually, some of us will find ourselves trying to figure out how—and when—to catch them.
Tony and Dave talk about aging parents, family roles, caregiving, independence, guilt, and the difficult line between helping someone and taking over.
And maybe the hardest question for those of us wired to solve problems:
What do we do when this is something we can’t fix?
Join us for Episode 003 of Gray Matter, hosted by the .
08/19/2026
Join and for an X-Spaces open mic discussion on Caregiving from a distance for men. Wednesday at Noon (MST) https://links.parentprojects.com/SnwsV
08/08/2026
In my new personal substack series(), I’ve begun a new project to speak into the sons, husbands, brothers, nephews & grandsons who are moving through the the breach of family caregiving…please share and consider subscribing if it’s relevant!
I am also opening a weekly LIVE open mic session on X-Spaces () to discuss the weeks ‘Gray Matter’ every Wednesday’s at noon (MST).
The Men Who Never Call Themselves Caregivers Many men don’t think of themselves as caregivers. They simply wake up one day carrying responsibilities they never expected and without a map for what comes next.
04/23/2026
A question more families need to ask:
What’s the difference between help and control?
Dr. Nikki and Malea Madrid are having a candid conversation about the invisible risks that can come with longer lives, including financial confusion, paperwork overload, family pressure, and vulnerability that may exist even when someone seems fully capable.
They’ll be talking about trust, autonomy, exploitation, and what families should have in place before things escalate into crisis.
Bring your own Q&A to the live conversation, and if you cannot join live, the replay will be available through the weekend.
Join here:
https://ParentProjects.com/WeConnect
The Truth About Trust & Money - Special Guest Malea Madrid Checkout this event on Airmeet
04/16/2026
Join our LIVE studio audience - happening now!
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Join Dr. Nikki Buckelew and her guest, Marilyn Olson, founder of VillagesOKC, for a candid conversation about how shared longevity actually unfolds in real families.
As more individuals live into their 80s, 90s, and beyond, longevity reshapes relationships, responsibilities, finances, housing decisions, and family dynamics in ways few people fully anticipate.
Marilyn brings both personal and professional insight to this discussion. She has served as caregiver to her Aunt Jessie, as well as to her mother and mother-in-law— both of whom lived to 100. In addition to her personal caregiving journey, she has spent decades coaching and consulting families through aging transitions as a leader in aging services and a trusted guide in her community.
Together, Dr. Buckelew and Marilyn will explore:
● The shifting roles between parents and children
● The intersection of autonomy, responsibility, respect and love
● The emotional and practical tensions that often go unspoken
● What families learn when living under the same roof
This will be an honest, thoughtful conversation grounded in lived experience. It is designed to help individuals and families think more clearly about what extended longevity requires — not just of one person, but of everyone involved.
Behold, Beheld & Bemoved!
https://links.parentprojects.com/5gcjK
04/09/2026
Join our LIVE studio audience with Dr. Nikki and author Brad Breeding now!
https://links.parentprojects.com/iGzUn
The Truth about Senior Living Options - With Brad Breeding | Tony Siebers Join Nikki Buckelew, PhD Buckelew who is LIVE right now with author and senior living expert Brad C. Breeding discussing CCRC's and how to work through senior living decisions in 2026.
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