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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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