New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Long-distance RELATIONSHIPS

With friends and family here, there and everywhere now the borders are open, it’s more important than ever to maintain rich and fulfilling relationships by keeping connected with your loved ones.

Sociology professor Loretta Baldassar is a mobility scholar and a “distance daughter” herself. In her research, she talks about distance family communication. “What is often underestimated and unacknowledged is how much skill and time is involved,” she tells. “As

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