Are You a Long Distance Lover?

Are you a LONG DISTANCE LOVER? The Four Types of Long Distance Love Relationships PARENTS & CHILDREN 4.6 million college students long distance from their families in the United States In North America: Elsewhere: 4.5 million In the United States 2 million Almost 2,500 24 million women leave the long distance care-givers for their aging parents in North America Mexican seasonal farmworkers Philippines every day to kids live away from their fathers in the US, more than half are work around the world married with kids GRANDPARENTS & GRANDCHILDREN 80 25% How does the texting work? www lolz u so old gramps of teens u so old ur memoriez r in black & white :-P million communicate with their grandparents several times each week through social grandparents in North America You little whippersnapper! media To Grandpa ~30% live long distance from grandkids (24 million) COUPLES 40% of all romantic relationships among college students in US are long distance (~4.5 million couples) Couples who report to be in long distance relatioships in US? Since 9/11 close to of all engaged 14 million 2.5 million 75%) couples have been in a long distance military were deployed to Iraq/Afganistan - almost half were married and/or had kids relationship FRIENDS & FAMILY Social Media keeps long distance friendships alive: facebook i 10 billion minutes per day spent on Facebook 13% of US population, 20% of Canadian population is foreign-born with close family living abroad →~50 million people in North America SO ARE YOU? <3 References: Brought to you by: 1. usatoday30.usatoday.com 2. web.grcc.edu 3. fatherhood.org 4. ncfh.org 8. grandparents.com 9. waiit.com spoke 10. militaryhomefront.dod.mil 11. zdnet.com TECHNOLOGIES 5. thestar.com 12. canada.com 6. news.wustl.edu 13. census.gov Giving you a VOICE on the social internet www.spoketechnologies.com 7. ikeepsafe.org 14. www12.statcan.ca illustrations by petersonh.com Are you a LONG DISTANCE LOVER? The Four Types of Long Distance Love Relationships PARENTS & CHILDREN 4.6 million college students long distance from their families in the United States In North America: Elsewhere: 4.5 million In the United States 2 million Almost 2,500 24 million women leave the long distance care-givers for their aging parents in North America Mexican seasonal farmworkers Philippines every day to kids live away from their fathers in the US, more than half are work around the world married with kids GRANDPARENTS & GRANDCHILDREN 80 25% How does the texting work? www lolz u so old gramps of teens u so old ur memoriez r in black & white :-P million communicate with their grandparents several times each week through social grandparents in North America You little whippersnapper! media To Grandpa ~30% live long distance from grandkids (24 million) COUPLES 40% of all romantic relationships among college students in US are long distance (~4.5 million couples) Couples who report to be in long distance relatioships in US? Since 9/11 close to of all engaged 14 million 2.5 million 75%) couples have been in a long distance military were deployed to Iraq/Afganistan - almost half were married and/or had kids relationship FRIENDS & FAMILY Social Media keeps long distance friendships alive: facebook i 10 billion minutes per day spent on Facebook 13% of US population, 20% of Canadian population is foreign-born with close family living abroad →~50 million people in North America SO ARE YOU? <3 References: Brought to you by: 1. usatoday30.usatoday.com 2. web.grcc.edu 3. fatherhood.org 4. ncfh.org 8. grandparents.com 9. waiit.com spoke 10. militaryhomefront.dod.mil 11. zdnet.com TECHNOLOGIES 5. thestar.com 12. canada.com 6. news.wustl.edu 13. census.gov Giving you a VOICE on the social internet www.spoketechnologies.com 7. ikeepsafe.org 14. www12.statcan.ca illustrations by petersonh.com