Extended family and grandparents

What can one family member do to bring some maturity to a system where ‘cut off’ is occurring? I received the following question via Facebook. I have changed some of the details in order to write up my reflections as a public blog. “My question relates to my mum and my younger sister who have…

The story of Helen who had put all of her focus on her relationship with her grandchild and had stopped working on having an adult relationship with her son Helen had awaited the birth of her first grandchild with excited anticipation. She had begun shopping for baby items and imagining holding this little piece of…