Grandparents as Parents

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grandparent caregiver
A grandparent who lives with and has primary responsibility for grandchildren ages 18 and below.
grandparent caregivers
A grandparent who lives with and has primary responsibility for grandchildren ages 18 and below.
skipped generation
A household in which one or more grandparent has sole responsibility for raising grandchildren without any assistance from the parent(s).
A grandmother holding her grandchild

Author

Catherine Robertson, Grossmont College
Pamela Hill, San Antonio College

Synopsis

The percentage of grandparent caregivers is growing. In video clips, grandparents, grandchildren, and experts explain the impact of grandparents becoming primary caretakers to their grandchildren and how this caretaking role interacts with the physical, cognitive, psychological, and economic aspects of older adulthood.

References

Census Bureau Reports 64 percent increase in number of children living with a grandparent over last two decades. (2011, June 29). Newsroom. US Census Bureau. Retrieved at http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/children/cb11-117.html

Family Structure. (2011). Child trends. Retrieved at http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/?q=node/334

ChildTrend Calculations of US Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 2011. American families and living arrangements 2010, Table C-2. US Census Bureau. Retrieved at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cos2010.html

Fields, J. (2003, June). Children’s living arrangements and characteristics: March 2002. Current Population Reports, P20-547. US Census Bureau. Retrieved at http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p20-547.pdf

Kreider, R. & Ellis, R. (2011, June). Living arrangements of children: 2009. Household Economic Studies, P70-126. US Census Bureau. Retrieved at http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p70-126.pdf

MetLife Mature Market Institute in collaboration with Peter Francese. (2011). The MetLife Report on American Grandparents: New Insights for a New Generation of Grandparents. Westport, CT: Author. Retrieved at https://www.metlife.com/mmi/research/american-grandparents-insights-new-grandparents.html#findings

Simmons, T. & Dye, J. L. (2003, October). Grandparents living with grandchildren: 2000. US Census Bureau Census 2000 Brief, C2KBR-31. Retrieved at http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/c2kbr-31.pdf

U.S. Department of Commerce. (July 31, 2012). Grandparents Day 2012: Sept. 9, U.S. Census Bureau News: Profile America Facts for Features (CB12-FF.17). Retrieved at http://factfinder2.census.gov