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a b Cong, Zhen; Silverstein, Merril (April 2012). "Caring for grandchildren and intergenerational support in rural China: a gendered extended family perspective". Ageing & Society. 32 (3): 425–450. doi: 10.1017/s0144686x11000420. ISSN 1469-1779. S2CID 36069431. a b Ruiz, Sarah A.; Silverstein, Merril (2007). "Relationships with grandparents and the emotional well-being of late adolescent and young adult grandchildren". Journal of Social Issues. 63 (4): 793–808. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2007.00537.x.

Minkler, Meredith; Driver, Diane; Roe, Kathleen M.; Bedeian, Katherine (1993-12-01). "Community Interventions To Support Grandparent Caregivers". The Gerontologist. 33 (6): 807–811. doi: 10.1093/geront/33.6.807. ISSN 0016-9013. PMID 8314108. Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see Grandfather (disambiguation), Grandmother (disambiguation), Grandma (disambiguation), Grandpa (disambiguation), Granddad (disambiguation), Gramps or Gramp, Abuelo, Abuela,and Grandaddy. The Favorite – Grandfather and Grandson, by Georgios Jakobides (1890) In the cities of the 19th century, there was generally no cohabitation (with the exception of noble families and their lineage logic, a model that declined after 1850), but bourgeois families often housed all the family branches in the same building (they met with their grandparents at the family home during cousinades) while in the working class, grandparents lived in the same neighborhood, family solidarity remaining strong: the mother working outside the home, the children were often cared for by the grandparents. [57] [58] a b c d e f g Ellis, Renee; Simmons, Tavia (October 2014). "Coresident Grandparents and Their Grandchildren: 2012" (PDF). Great-grandparents and beyond [ edit ] Timurid conqueror Babur seeks the advice of his grandmother.

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Ochiltree, Gay (2006-11-24). "The changing role of grandparents". Child Family Community Australia . Retrieved 2018-08-23. Taking care of grandchildren can also have benefits on grandparents’ emotional health. As an example, many grandparents start to feel a sense of purpose and meaning in life again after their retirement; as another example, their ties with their adult children and grandchildren are also strengthened. [39] Many grandparents also think of the caregiving experience as positive because it provides another chance for them to make up mistakes they made with their own children and give them more opportunities to educate their grandchildren and improve their parenting styles. [40] Cultural comparisons [ edit ] Grandmother and her granddaughter Szinovácz, Maximiliane (1998). Handbook on Grandparenthood. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313298868.

The best thing about grandparenting in this day in age? There are no rules, starting with the fact that today's grandparents don't have to be called grandma or grandpa anymore. Don't get us wrong: "Grandma" will always be a stone-cold classic — but the options have multiplied dramatically. Grandparents’ care is good for grandchildren, too. In parts of Africa the presence of a grandmother makes it more likely that a child will survive. In the rich world it is unclear whether the presence of grandparents boosts academic scores or social skills, but it certainly doesn’t hurt them. Granted, children raised solely by a grandmother do badly, but that is because their parents are presumably dead, in prison or absent for some other reason. Living with her is better than living with a stranger, or in an orphanage.Another mom says, "My kids call my husband's stepfather Murph, after his last name, Murphy. I think it's super cute and it eliminates any 'issues.'" Lee, Sunmin; Colditz, Graham; Berkman, Lisa; Kawachi, Ichiro (2003-11-01). "Caregiving to Children and Grandchildren and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Women". American Journal of Public Health. 93 (11): 1939–1944. doi: 10.2105/ajph.93.11.1939. ISSN 0090-0036. PMC 1448080. PMID 14600070. Xu L, Silverstein M, Chi I. Emotional closeness between grandparents and grandchildren in rural China: The mediating role of the middle generation. J Intergen Rel. 2014;12(3):226-40. doi:10.1080/15350770.2014.929936 Doyle M, O’Dywer C, Timonen V. “How can you just cut off a whole side of the family and say move on?” The reshaping of paternal grandparent‐grandchild relationships following divorce or separation in the middle generation. Family Rel. 2010;59(5):587-98. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00625.x

And because of increased longevity, Dr. Klausner says, there may still be great-grandparents alive. “That, coupled with a greater incidence of step and blended families,” she adds, “means that names have to differentiate between the generations and different extended families.” a b c d e Dunifon, Rachel (2012). "The influence of grandparents on the lives of children and adolescents". Child Development Perspectives. 7: 55–60. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12016.

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Coulthard, Carmen Caldas; Moon, Rosamund (2016). "Grandmother, gran, gangsta granny: semiotic representations of grandmotherhood". Gender and Language. 10 (3): 309–339. doi: 10.1558/genl.v10i3.32036. Monserud MA. Continuity and change in grandchildren's closeness to grandparents: Consequences of changing intergenerational ties. Marriage Fam Rev. 2010;46(5):366–388. doi:10.1080/01494929.2010.528320