remote+relationships

Definition:
Relationships in which grandparents do not see their grandchildren often. HGD Chapter 16 pg.420

Examples:

 * Grandparents live in Florida and the grandchildren live in Alaska, because of the distance, they can only visit each other a few times per year.
 * The grandparents live in a different country then the grandchildren.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaO6RUbTsgA media type="youtube" key="aaO6RUbTsgA" height="315" width="420"



Analogies:
Anxiously waiting for Christmas to come around each year.

Mnemonics:
Mnemonics for remote -- a remote control works at a distance from a TV which is an active thing, think of a remote location as distant from living places which are also active

In the News:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HmJu5f4Gz4 media type="youtube" key="4HmJu5f4Gz4" height="315" width="420"

When grandparents live far
http://community.babycenter.com/post/a25973121/. Our first child is 14 months old. My husband and I have lived hours away from both of our families since we were married (our families live 9 hours apart from each other), but now that we have a child they are starting to give us pressure to move closer. Although it would be great to have family close, we don't want to live in either place...plus his job doesn't really allow us to. Plus, moving close to one family would mean being further away from the other. It's all very stressful! For those who have had success at keeping a close relationship between children and grandparents at a long distance, can you give me any tips??

here are some tips and ways that might make it easier on everyone. []

http://www.grandparents.com/gp/forum/thread/general/4644861.html

http://www.grandparents.com/gp/content/expert-advice/long-distance-grandparenting/article/connectingtime.html

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