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When Parents Divorce

Keeping Communication Alive with Your Grandchildren

By Lisa Marie Metzler

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According to Elise Edelson Katch, a Denver, Colo.-based licensed clinical social worker and author of The Get: A Spiritual Memoir of Divorce (Health Communications, 2001), grandparents who want to remain connected with grandchildren after a divorce should keep the following tips in mind:

  • Love grandchildren unconditionally.
  • Be considerate and understanding of grandchildren.
  • Never say anything negative about the grandchildren's parents.
  • Act in respectful ways to grandchildren.
  • Never complain to grandchildren about things they cannot control (i.e. "You never call.").
  • Listen to grandchildren.
  • Never be critical.

Fun Ways to Stay Connected
  • Send fun greetings periodically.
  • E-mail letters of encouragement and silly e-greeting cards.
  • E-mail a link to a Web site you think your grandchild would enjoy.
  • Telephone on a weekly basis.
  • Give a gift subscription to a magazine with your grandchild's interests in mind.
  • Send small gifts or "fun money" to buy comics or candy.
  • Send a disposable camera to take pictures of favorite things. When you get together, make a scrapbook from the photos.
  • Make a video of things you normally do around the house: Grandpa working in the garden or Grandma making cookies. Read, sing or dance. Have fun with it!
  • Plan a time when the grandchildren can stay for an extended visit. Stock their favorite foods and plan something special that can turn into an annual event.

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