Resources

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Articles

This eclectic selection of articles is useful to all. Keep popping back as new ones are regularly added.

•  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
• What to say to your parents when they are dying
• With borders closed, our lifelines to family overseas have been cut. The isolation is suffocating
• Difficult daughter-in-law? How do you build a positive relationship with her?​
• Our son and grandson are in New Zealand and we are in tears over not being able to be with them
• The difference between self-compassion and self-pity​
• Life will never be the same for people over 60 — even with a COVID-19 vaccine
• Top 10 tips for long distance grandparenting
• Over The River & Through The Woods: Long Distance Grandparenting
• Pandemic Grandparenting, Beyond the Dreary Video Calls
• The Many Faces of Pandemic Grief
• Read This Before You Fly Anywhere for the Holidays
• Resources on Grandparent Estrangement & Alienation
• How to Grandpa and Grandma in 20 languages
• The Shift from Helicopter Parents to Helicopter Caregivers​
• A Shift in American Family Values is Fueling Estrangement

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Books​ (Click here)

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Websites

www.thelongdistancegrandparent.com
Meaningful and simple ways to stay connected with grandchildren 2-10 years. "It is so fulfilling and the progress grandparents are making is really incredible" (Dr Kerry Bryne, Founder) 
 
www.gransnet.com
U.K. based online community for over 50s
 
Families in Global Transition (FIGT)
A globally mobile forum for individuals, families and those working with them.

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Podcasts

The Grand Life
​Author Emily Morgan hosts an excellent exploration of grandparenting (local and distance), the relationships within the role, and the ways in which grandparenting impacts our children…and their children. 

Death, with Cath Brew
An interview by Kim Adams of Expat Family Connection. All generations should hear Cath. Her wisdom on the subject of death and distance is the best. 

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Video

Our Absent Grandchildren - an ethnotheatre performance
​When grandparents have little or no contact with their grandchildren because of family conflict or separation, emotions run high. The script for this performance is based on interviews with 33 grandmothers and 17 grandfathers, from research undertaken by Professor Margaret Sims. 

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Professional Services

Location Independent Therapists
A community of location independent mental health professionals everywhere.

Expatriate Law
International Family Law matters

Better Help
Better Help is an American-based, online counselling service you can access anytime and anywhere. They will match you with an independently certified counsellor that is there to help you no matter your needs. They’ll stay with you unless you decide to change. Get feedback, advice, and guidance from your counsellor via video chats, text messages and email. Couple counselling is also available to migrants who have moved abroad together. You receive unlimited sessions around the clock at an affordable, flat monthly fee. Message your counsellor wherever you are, on-site or through the app.

Families in Global Transition – The Counseling and Coaching Affiliate
A professional subgroup in the FIGT community
https://www.figt.org/counseling-coaching-affiliate

Globally Grounded
A company and website dedicated to equipping students crossing cultures, their families and those who educate them to effectively navigate the triumphs and trials associated with living and learning between the amongst domestic and international cultures.
 
The Interchange Institute
The Founder and Executive Director Dr. Anne P. Copeland is a clinical psychologist with expertise in cultural transition and clinical psychology. She provides cross-cultural training for individual and families moving to and from the United States.

Expat Nest
Counselling with borders for adults, parents and teens

Transitions Therapy International
Psychotherapy, counselling, coaching & consulting

Dr Joshua Coleman
Estrangement Counsellor

Handy digital communication tools

• 31 Ways to Connect with Grandchildren from a distance
• ​Distance Learning: Grandparents reading remotely
• Grandchildren share online school assignments via the screen share feature of Zoom
• Make a copy of a favourite children's book and send it to your grandchildren so you can read it together
• 10 organizations connecting generations during the pandemic
• Use TeamViewer to provide remote digital support for family
• Grandparent-grandchildren video calls are vital during COVID-19. Here are simple ways to improve them.

Webinar & Podcast

The Green Room, Induku Consulting Group, South Africa with Helen Ellis (2020 October) Navigating Distance Grandparenting. Webinar

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​Schneider-Bean, Sundae & Ellis, Helen. (2020, June).  '179: Distance Grandparenting with Helen Ellis', ​The Expat Happy Hour (below) Podcast.

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.

Ellis, H. (2020). '"How is distance grandparenting for you?" A study of long haul, New Zealand distance grandparents and inter-generational transnational familying', M.A. Thesis, Massey University, Auckland, N.Z.

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Travel Advice

International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT)

Check IATA's interactive map to find out about current global travel pre-testing, quarantine and isolation regulations.

Article: Read This Before You Fly Anywhere for the Holidays

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