"Grandparent caregivers felt that they were handling their demands equally well as the parents," said Adesman. Christodoulides has a grandchild with ADHD and relaxed rules around the house more so ...

As American parents have grappled with financial peril and other woes over the last decade, grandparents have stepped in to help. Grandparents were the main caregivers for more than 3 million ...

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More grandparents are becoming caregivers to their grandchildren – an ongoing trend that underscores how America's approach to child care is putting increasing stress on families dealing with a ...

Once, multigenerational households were the norm, where grandparents were actively involved in raising the next generation, but the parents were still present and generally the primary caregivers.

Grandparent caregivers face legal, policy issues. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - More than 2.4 million grandparents provide primary care for their grandchildren, according to recently released data from the ...

When grandparents become caregivers, family dynamics can change. When Norma Jean Jackson’s 12-year-old grandson, Tavontate Little, complained of a protruding left eyeball, his doctors originally ...

As more children go to school remotely, it can put an extra strain on grandparents and other adult caregivers, who must learn unfamiliar technology and spend more time with their grandchild or ...

Caregivers nationwide largely report that they’d welcome help and information, especially on health and safety, how to offer nutritious meals and navigate state systems, as well as how to use ...

This moment of freedom and leisure for some grandparents wound down in the 1970s. They became subject to new pressures that once again pulled them into the orbits of their children’s families.