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Long-Distance Grandparents
Creative and Fun Ways to Stay in Touch By Lisa Marie Meltzer
Before you book a flight or pack up the car, consider your schedule and your grandchild's schedule, suggests Amy Goyer, coordinator of the AARP Grandparent Information Center. "Determine whether it is more practical for you to visit your grandchildren or for them to visit you," says Goyer.
Summer sports and camps are in high swing during the summer months, so a holiday or spring break during the year may be more suitable. If your budget allows, send travel money for them to visit you.
Goyer offers the following tips for planning a vacation with the grandkids:
- Ask about the things your grandchildren are studying in school. Plan a trip with them to see some of the places they may have heard about or studied.
- Do they know where you were born? Show them the town where you grew up.
- Spend time taking pictures and create a scrapbook together.
- Spend one-on-one time with each child.
