Long-Distance Grandparenting: Connecting with Your Grandchildren from Afar

by Willma Willis Gore, Gore Willma W

Overview

In today's mobile society, effective and rewarding grandparenting is a challenge for everyone—for parents, grandparents, and grandkids. What's a grandparent to do? Enter "Long-Distance Grandparenting: Connecting with Your Grandchildren from Afar." Chock-full of advice and warming anecdotes from active, long-distance grandparents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781884956751
Publisher:	Linden Publishing
Publication date:	11/01/2007
Series:	The Best Half of Life
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	740,346
Product dimensions:	6.04(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.33(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     xi
Introduction     xiii
Setting the Time and Place     1
Rules for Grandparents, Parents, and Grandkids     7
Grandmother Ingenuity     19
Risks and Rewards of Grandparent Advice     36
New Parents, New Grandparents, and New Mix of Kids     43
Grandfathers Are Special     50
Postal Communication     60
Cyberspace to the Rescue     68
Grandparents Recall Their Grandparents     73
Educational-Recreational Intergenerational Tours     79
Resources
Books     87
Websites     88
Travel     89
Contributors     91
Index     93
About the Author     98