The changing role of grandparents [electronic resource] / Gay Ochiltree
- Bib ID:
- 5548709
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- Book
- Author:
- Ochiltree, Gay
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- Description:
- Melbourne : Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2006
- Series:
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- AFRC briefing ; no. 2 (2006). 1834-2434.
- PANDORA electronic collection.
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- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Address as at 12/08/2011: http://www.aifs.gov.au/afrc/pubs/briefing/
- Summary:
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Grandparents have always played an important role in family life, but over the last twenty years, many have had increased responsibility for their grandchildren due to changes and issues in families and society. The first major change is the provision of child care. Grandparents, mostly grandmothers, are the major providers of child care for preschool children, particularly for babies and toddlers, when both their parents are in the workforce. Grandparents also help parents with school-age children by picking them up from school, and by caring for them during school vacations. The second change for grandparents, and the one which is associated with more difficult issues in their own lives, is when they have to take over full responsibility for bringing up grandchildren because their parents are unable to do so, often because of drug or alcohol abuse. The relationship that grandparents have with their grandchildren can also be affected by the divorce and sometimes re-partnering of the parent generation. This paper discusses the issues involved in grandparent roles in the above circumstances and suggests ways in which service providers can support grandparents.
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- 2006
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