#2: An episode to share with your Parents & In Laws – with Helen Ellis

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