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About this Book
"Rewarding and productive grandparent-grandchild
relationships evolve in as many different ways as there are there are
grandparents and grandchildren."
—Willma Willis Gore
Long ago, grandparents
often lived as close to their grandchildren as down the street or across
the field. In today’s mobile society effective, 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, Long- Distance Grandparenting offers countless
ways grandparents have remained a loving part of their grandchildren’s
lives in spite of the distances between
them.
Table of Contents
• Setting the Time and Place
• Rules for Parents, Grandparents,
& Grandkids
• Grandmother Ingenuitiy
• Risks & Rewards of
Grandparent Advice
• When Parents Split
• Grandfather Specialties
• Postal Communication
• Cyberspace to the Rescue
• Memories of Grandmother
• Intergenerational vacations
About the Author
Willma Willis Gore has
been a grandmother for 25 years. As a lifelong writer, her byline has
appeared on articles, poetry, and short stories in more than 80 national
and regional journals. She is the author of Just Pencil Me In: Your Guide to Moving After 60. Gore has been named
one of three Accomplished Elders by the Northern Arizona Area Agencies on
Aging.
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