Resources

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Articles

This eclectic selection of articles is useful to all. Keep popping back as the titles will change and circulate.

• How to drive an expat crazy: 10 ways to irritate someone who has lived abroad.
• Long Distance Grandparenting 
• Loneliness - Long Distance Granny
• The pleasure and pain in raising an independent daughter
• ​Are your affairs in order before your travel?
• Top tips for staying in touch across the globe
• ​Dear Mary-anne: My son-in-law drank all our booze
• "I'm not breaking my kids" and other things expats would like to say
• How living abroad helps you develop a clearer sense of self
• When your last goodbye was your last goodbye: Processing death and life abroad.
• ​Why the world now has more grandparents than grandchildren
• Why you should plan a trip with your Mother every year
• Far from Home, Stuck in a Limbo
• Becoming a grandparent during the coronavirus pandemic
• Lessons From a Long-Distance Grandfather
• When Grandchildren are estranged from their Grandchildren

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Research

​Ellis, H. (2019, November). 'Being a kiwi long-haul distance grandparent: You cannot cuddle an iPad'. Presented at 8th Annual Emerging Researchers Conference, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation] Authored by: Ellis, H.
 
Ellis, H. (2019, November). 'Being a kiwi long-haul distance grandparent: You cannot cuddle an iPad'. Presented at Breaking Boundaries ASAA/NZ Conference. Raglan, New Zealand.
[Conference Oral Presentation] Authored by: Ellis, H.

Schneider-Bean, Sundae & Ellis, Helen. (2020, June). '179: Distance Grandparenting with Helen Ellis', Podcast. 

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Helpful reading

If there is estrangement, or very strained relationships in your family I can recommend: Stop Walking on Egg Shells

If you would like to know HOW to best pour love into each family member, especially when distance is an ingredient this book will help. Time and opportunities are limited...and you want to get it right - every time. The key is don't show love in the way YOU like to be loved, but love them as THEY like to be shown love.  They are not necessarily two of the same.! The Five Love Languages