HDE 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Developmental Psychology, Working Mother, Family Caregivers
31 Jul 2018
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Another 3. 2 million americans lived in households consisting of grandparents & grandchildren. Majority of parents & adult children (and grandchildren) would rather live independently than together for reasons concerning autonomy & privacy. Grandparents & older family members can provide child care. Younger adults can care for elderly relatives. May cause strife if family does not communicate how to share costs/ household duties. There has been a rise in grandparent - headed households over the past 3 decades. Partly explained by changes in child welfare practices that encouraged placing children with kin rather than strangers in the foster care system. Welfare reform legislation has also instituted rules requiring that teenage mothers live with a parent or guardian to receive benefits, which has also furthered the creation of 3- generation households. Grandparent caregivers are more likely to experience economic hardship than grandparents who do not live with their grandchildren.
