When Grandparents Are Shut Out

Marsha Temlock: When Grandparents Are Shut Out:

Donna M. is a long-distance grandmother. Through technology she has been able to maintain a relationship with her sixteen-year-old grandson. She pokes him on Facebook and, a couple of times a month, they visit on Skype. When her son and daughter-in-law started having marital problems, Donna kept trying to reach out to Jared. She avoids mentioning anything having to do with the D word. Recently, communication is mostly one-sided.