GREENVILLE, SC (FOX Carolina) -
When 11-year-old Henry, 9-year-old Garrison and 3-year-old John Garrison need a little help, they ask their mother and their grandmother.
Kathryn Algary helps her daughter, Amanda Hill, around the house with the three boys.
"It is hard sometimes having been a mother now, seeing things I might do differently," Algary said.
As a grandmother, she said she's given her daughter some parenting advice.
"But, she doesn't listen to anything I say," Algary said with a laugh.
In the past, they had differences like should stuffed animals be in a baby's crib.
"We did have things in the bed with her," Algary said.
According to research presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics' conference in New Orleans, many grandparents flunked a baby safety quiz.
"Grandparents give the advice and the information that they had at the time that they had their children," Cynthia Fryer said.
She is the manager with Safe Kids Upstate, which is a part of the Greenville Hospital System.
"They need to keep up on what the latest information is," Fryer said.
She teaches parents and grandparents safety guidelines, like sleeping methods for infants.
"Grandparents say, 'but they sleep better on their tummy,' but the best sleeping position for your baby is on their back," Fryer said.
The survey also showed a majority of grandparents got it wrong when asked about bathing infants and proper car seat installations. And since Algary helps out around her daughter's house, now her daughter is teaching her about parenting.
"Do it the way they want it done and the way it should be done," Algary said.
Back in September, Fryer was named the National Safe to Sleep Champion for her work with child advocacy programs. She said parents can help educate grandparents about child safety by giving them pamphlets or by inviting them to their grandchild's next doctor's appointment.
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Kathryn Algary helps her grandsons with their homework. (Oct. 23, 2012/FOX Carolina)
