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

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

Update: 2022-05-24

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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

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

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