Moving Overseas with Children: Staying in touch with Grand Parents

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Moving overseas with children can be stressful for the whole family.
Kids will take some time to get adjusted to their new surroundings and will go through a period of culture shock.
Families can also have added pressure when they need to learn a new language.

You also have to think about how this will affect the other extended family members and especially the grandparents.
However, grandparents don’t have to miss your children growing up!
There are many things you can do to stay in touch that will keep grandparents and grandchildren close.
International phone calls used to be very expensive, but the internet has opened up many opportunities to stay in touch which are inexpensive and sometimes even free.

Videos
Most cameras and a lot of phones are now equipped with technology to produce videos.
You can keep your cameras with you at all times to capture first words, first steps and other milestones grandparents will not want to miss.
If your children are performing in a school play or piano recital, you can record these things to keep grandparents in the loop.
You can either email the videos or post them on free websites like YouTube so grandparents can be part of your children’s lives.
You can even create videos of your children giving a tour of their bedroom, at their school or with their friends.
Grandparents will see where their grandchildren live, go to school and who they hang out with so they get a real feel for their grandchildren’s daily lives.

Phone Calls and Skype
The internet has given people living abroad the advantage of keeping in touch for free.
There are many websites that will allow your children to call their grandparents for free or for a very minimal cost.
Grandparents can talk to their grandchildren while seeing them when they use services like Skype.
Video phone calls are a great way to for grandparents to see their grandchildren grow up.
Kids grow up so fast and can change daily, so this is a great way for grandparents to get to know their grandchildren.
This will also be beneficial for your children as they can develop memories of their grandparents even if they do live in separate countries.

Online Scrapbooks
There are websites, like flickr, that allow you to store and share digital pictures.
Make sure to capture as many memorable moments as possible and share the pictures online so grandparents can see their grandchildren.
You can create online scrapbooks, slideshows and even add captions to each picture so grandparents can look at the photos at their leisure.
Grandparents can also create slideshows and post pictures so their grandchildren can spend some time getting to know their parents’ mothers and fathers.

Visiting
Technology doesn’t replace seeing grandchildren in person.
If the grandparents are willing to travel overseas, arrange for an annual trip at the very minimum.
If the grandparents are getting too old to travel, make sure to plan as many trips as possible back to your home country so your children can get to know their grandparents.
Make sure to plan in advance to save money.
There are several travel websites that will alert you when airfare falls below a certain price that you set.
Set-up these alerts so you can get the best deals!