Helen Ellis on being a grandchild or grandparent living geographically apart

About this episode

Helen Ellis discusses the challenges and dynamics of being a grandchild or grandparent living far apart in today's world.

Do you have to video call grandchildren living overseas? Or perhaps you email your grandparents who are abroad? In the modern world it's common for families to be split over countries and continents. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

People in this episode

Guest: Helen Ellis

Topics covered

• grandparenting
• long-distance relationships
• family communication
• technology in families
• geographical separation

Keywords

• grandchildren
• video call
• email
• families
• modern world

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RNZ

Places: overseas, abroad, countries, continents

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