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Do you have to video call grandchildren living overseas? Or perhaps you email your grandparents who are abroad? In the modern world it's common for families to be split over countries and continents.
The reasons are varied - work, study, lifestyle choice or opportunity.
But it brings with it unique challenges for generations of families learning to live, and love, across a geographic divide.
Helen Ellis completed her master's thesis on being a New Zealand distance grandparent.
She's written three books on the subject - the latest Being a Distance Grandchild: A book for all generations considers things from the point of view of the grandchild.
