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Keeping Your Future Family Connected

Many people in their interest to learn more about their ancestors focus so much on the past and what they are finding that they forget to preserve the present. While it is important to be able to pass on the information and lineage of your ancestors to your children and grandchildren it is also equally important to pass on the present day family memories to the generations that will follow. Realizing who you are related to and knowing the stories of their lives, both sorrows and triumphs can help to better connect future generations of the family. It can be … Continue reading →

Keeping in Touch with Technology

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In a recent conversation with my Uncle via e-mail, who lives more than 1000 miles away from me, I brought up an incident involving video chat over the internet. My wife and I had recently chatted with our 9 month old nephew, Oliver, via video chat. He smiled, laughed, crawled (his new trick), and even managed to spit out a garbled “Mommmm” right before our very eyes… or, well, computer screens. My Uncle suggested “Maybe you could build a blog post around keeping in touch with the new media and grandparents who are old media.” And so it began. This … Continue reading →

Grandparents who are Just Too Much

How can you actually have too much of a good thing? And, aren’t grandparents a truly good thing in our child’s life? For parents who have to deal with unsolicited advice, over-available grandparents, intervention and interruptions and other overly-involved grandparents, too much of a good thing can just be too much! I do not know how many times I have listened as a parent complained about an overbearing grandparent—one who is stopping by or calling continuously or butting in and offering advice and criticism. Some grandparents even go so far as to take children out for hair cuts, buy them … Continue reading →

Mirror to the Future

Today my 6 week old son and his almost 1 year old cousin met through internet video chat. They’ve actually, technically, met before via skype. The previous meetings were, however, less than acceptable as a definition for “meeting.” My son was, at that time, only able to cry and eat and poop. He’s since gained a remarkable skill set including some knowledge of self. He can now identify his own hands. He is also finally old enough to take a pause between feedings to acknowledge the world that exists between his frequent and insatiable hunger. He can hold his own … Continue reading →

Fostering an Appreciation for Heritage

Family and community connections can be somewhat fractured in this day and age. It is increasingly difficult for us to feel like we are a continuation or a part of anything that has gone before. For our children, who may live thousands of miles from extended family and might never see the house we grew up in, let alone the neighborhood, house or country where their grandparents grew up, there can definitely be a loss of a s sense of heritage. Years ago, one of my children had to do a project for a class and she chose to do … Continue reading →