Having grandparents close by seemed like it would have been so much fun—but how can we maintain the connection when physical distance is a necessity?
Even grandparents who live just down the block from their grandchildren may be playing it safe and reducing or eliminating in-person visits right now. And parents are struggling to find new and inventive ways to maintain a close relationship between the generations.
But despite the encouraged isolation, some grandparent and grandchild relationships are actually becoming closer as a result of the pandemic.
Gabrielle Nidus discovered a resourceful way to keep her son’s and mother’s relationship close. Her mother gives her son daily piano lessons over Skype. “It’s all virtual,” Nidus explains. “It’s pretty amazing. They play piano and then talk, which my son insists on. She’s all by herself, so I think she appreciates the company.
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