A lot of focus is being placed on the safety of students and staff as school begins, and rightly so, but the CEO of the Canadian Association for Retired Persons says there are also very real implications on the rest of the family bubble during the pandemic.
Bill VanGorder says that means grandparents have difficult decisions to make, because each situation is different, but some will have to choose whether to stay in the bubble to help out on the home front or to physically distance and try to keep contact in other ways.
VanGorder says some experts says children are 4 times more likely to transmit COVID-19, which is something grandparents have to think about, because they are in a higher risk age group.
CARP has suggestions to help grandparents stay connected while maintaining physical distance.
For instance watching the same movie or reading the same book so grandparents and kids can talk about it, or if the kids are older, ask them to do some errands for you, like shopping.
