[BigV]

You're welcome, and thank you for the kind remarks.

Of course you still have some responsibility for watching over them. But even though you're not in the house with them, you can still share an email address as I described above. Your ability to handhold them for all the other computer-y stuff is not easily done, but if you get some webmail kind of email address, say, gmail.com, there's no reason you can't set it up, give them the login, and share away. You still get to communicate with them via email, you still get to monitor what's being sent and received, and you still get to let them practice. Pretty good situation. I'd get the parents' input on it too, since they're a key factor in making it all work. With their buy in, you can accomplish much from a distance. Like demonstrating to your g-kids that that distance can be overcome with some tools, like email. All is not lost. You're all bound for the same shore, but you might be on different boats. Keep trying and keep us informed.