Episode 75. Connect with Your Teenage Grandchildren
When grandchildren are young, a sweet treat or new toy is enough to inspire their unconditional love. And then they become teenagers. Suddenly it’s not so easy anymore, for you or for them.
When grandchildren are young, a sweet treat or new toy is enough to inspire their unconditional love. And then they become teenagers. Suddenly it’s not so easy anymore, for you or for them. Where Two Worlds Meet: A Guide to Connecting with Your Teenage Grandchildren is a new book that gives grandparents a roadmap to stay connected and deepen their relationships with their grandchildren. It is an action-focused guide to help grandparents understand life through their teenage grandchildren’s eyes. The authors, Jerry Witkovsky and Deanna Shoss, are joining me today to discuss their new book.
Mr. Witkovsky spent 47 years working alongside families, 18 of which he served as general director of the Jewish Community Centers of Chicago. As a residential camp director in Wisconsin, he introduced the first grandparents weekend in 1970 and invited grandparents to experience the liveliness of their grandchildren in a camp environment and to participate in camp activities. The grandparents shared their life stories around the campfire and opened their worlds to their grandchildren.
Deanna Shoss is a long-time marketer, author, researcher and founder/CEO of Intercultural Talk, Inc., a marketing firm. She hosts the weekly live stream show, Intercultural Spark.
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Amazon link:
https://www.amazon.com/Where-Two-Worlds-Meet-Grandchildren/dp/1608082725/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=where+two+worlds+meet+by+jerry&qid=1639407726&sr=8-1
Website:
https://www.grandparentsunleashed.com/where-two-worlds-meet/
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Jerry Witkovsky
Author
Lifelong Chicagoan Jerry Witkovsky (MSW, University of Illinois) has been a beloved mentor to thousands of individuals and generations of families. This is thanks to 47 years of professional leadership – 18 of them, as general director – of Chicago’s Jewish Community Centers.
MOST EFFECTIVE NONPROFIT CEO
In 1995, Crain’s Chicago Business Magazine named Jerry named one of the city’s “Most Effective Nonprofit CEOs”.
AUTHOR AND GRANDPARENTING ACTIVIST
Since retiring in 1997, Jerry focused his considerable energies on grandparenting. He loves to help multigenerational families work (and play) together to create a rich family life.
GRANDPARENTS IN THE SCHOOLS
He spearheads annual orientation programs for grandparents in a growing roster of Chicago public and private high schools. Programs are designed to keep grandparents engaged with their grandkids during the crucial teen years.
His joyful commitment to his six grandchildren and one great grandchild, and to their parents (aka his adult children) and his passionate belief in the transformative power of becoming a “Teaching-and-Learning” family, is at the heart of his book, The Grandest Love: Inspiring the Grandparent-Grandchild Connection. He takes those ideas a step further and adds a prescription for action in the Grandparent Connection School Kit.
NEW BOOK “WHERE TWO WORLDS MEET”
HAILS GRANDPARENTS AS FAMILY ACTIVISTS
When grandchildren are young, a sweet treat or new toy is enough to inspire their unconditional adoration. And then they become teenagers. Suddenly i… Read More
Deanna Shoss
CEO, Author
Deanna Shoss is a long-time marketer, intercultural author, researcher, and founder/CEO of Intercultural Talk, Inc., a marketing firm that provides digital, intercultural, and real-life strategies and tactics for non-digital natives–aka did not grow up with technology. Shoss hosts the weekly live stream show, Intercultural Spark, inviting guests to explore topics such as technology and how it serves people pursuing mission-driven businesses and life projects.
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