- Grandparents Parenting Again
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A quick but thorough piece in the Houston Chronicle about a sociological trend that’s picking up – Grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.
With a carpooling itinerary and activities schedule rivaling those of suburban soccer moms, 69-year-old widow Shirley Reed fills her days parenting for the third time around.
Her Aldine-area home bustles with the energy of three great-grandchildren Reed is raising by herself, mostly on her retirement income. The 12-year-old and two 5-year-olds even call her “Mom.”
With a statistical jump of more than 6% within the past five years in the number of grandparents raising their grandchildren, what we’re looking at is no small shift in the way families are composed and children are brought up.
Nov 30, 2009 :: Tagged under: grandparents, parenting, sociology of children :: #
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