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For many grandparents, a grandchild offers a second chance to become the parent they didn’t have the time or the energy to be when raising their own children. Being a grandparent, family relationships expert Jane Isay argues, is the opportunity to turn missed opportunities into delight.

Being a grandparent is a gift and a challenge, and the pandemic has put both the wonder of grandchildren and the difficulties of our situation into high relief, adding more stress in navigating the grandparenting role. Jane draws on personal experience, dozens of interviews and the latest findings in psychology to show how a grandparent can create a deep and lasting bond that will echo throughout a grandchild’s life.

She explores navigating multigenerational families and offers practical advice on when to get involved, when to stay away, fostering strong relationships when separated by long distance, how to love the grandchildren without annoying their parents, dealing with the “other” grandparents, and other challenges!

Hey Grandparents and Aunts -- You won’t want to miss this special program!

Jane Isay is a long-time successful book editor, and author of several family relationship books, including Unconditional Love: A Guide to Navigating the Joys and Challenges of Being a Grandparent Today, Walking on Eggshells, and Mom Still Likes You Best.

She has presented to TTN-NYC twice before. Jane has been offering webinars for grandparents, ever since the spring, when the pandemic took hold.

This Zoom webinar will feature a presenter and a moderator. Audience members can submit questions and comments by typing them into the chat box or raising their hand so that the moderator can un-mute them.