Season 1 · Episode 2
#2: An episode to share with your Parents & In Laws – with Helen Ellis
Holding the Fort Abroad · Rhoda Bangerter
May 24, 202233m 17s
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Show Notes
Synopsis:
Helen is NOT an expat, she is the mother of expats, a long distance grandparent and the author of a series of books on distance relationships between grandparents, distance sons and daughters and distance grandchildren. One of Helen’s children was an expat with a travelling partner. This episode is a conversation being a distance grandparent when your expat child is solo parenting.
In This Episode:
- The importance of generations understanding each other in distance families
- Being available but keeping boundaries
- Distance Parents/in Laws are all different !
- Advice for Distance Parents
- How a Distance Child can use this advice to ask their parents/in laws for help
- What if you have a difficult relationship with Parents/In Laws ?
Resource Mentioned in the Episode:
- Being a Distance Grandparent by Helen Ellis
- 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- It's All About Relationships by Karen L Rancourt