Grandparents and grandchildren, meeting again after the lockdown

In these times conditioned by coronavirus containment measures, social distancing has been hard for everyone, but especially for grandparents and grandchildren, given that the former are the most at risk category, while the latter may be asymptomatic, making them unwittingly very risky for grandparents.

"My grandmother – my Yiayia – is the quintessential Greek grandparent." Source: Getty Images

Today we talked to our listeners about the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren and in particular about how these two months passed and about the emotions experienced when it was finally possible to meet again.

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