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Flying granny, skyping grandpa? Grandparenting across geographical distance and national borders
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University of Warsaw, Centre of Migration Research (CMR)
Abstract Do distance and national borders make a difference in grandparents' relation and communication practices with their grandchildren? Is transnational grandparenthood a unique phenomenon? Research on diverse types of grandparental care and virtual co-presence in transnational families suggests migrants... view more
Do distance and national borders make a difference in grandparents' relation and communication practices with their grandchildren? Is transnational grandparenthood a unique phenomenon? Research on diverse types of grandparental care and virtual co-presence in transnational families suggests migrants and their parents have mastered the ways to care at a distance. However, what does it actually mean? In this issue of CMR Spotlight Weronika Kloc-Nowak and Sylwia Timoszuk outline some results of the 2019-2020 nationwide survey which puts 'flying granny' and 'skyping grandpa' tropes in the context of Polish families.... view less
Keywords
Poland; grandparents; grandchild; migrant; contact; family; care; transnational relations
Classification
Gerontology
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Document language
Polish
Publication Year
2021
City
Warsaw
Page/Pages
7 p.
Series
CMR Spotlight, 1 (24)
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0