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DROP-IN CENTRE MODEL OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AND INTERVENTION TO STRENGTHEN THE RESILIENCE OF CHILDREN FROM FAMILIES LIVING IN ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED ENVIRONMENTS [PDF]

open access: yesSocial Sciences and Education Research Review
In Mamelodi's townships, this study probes the Stanza Bopape Drop-in Centre's capacity to bolster resilience among children raised by grandparents by contrasting its holistic blend of emotional, educational, and material assistance with narrower ...
Mampane Motlalepule RUTH   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pama–Nyungan grandparent systems change with grandchildren, but not cross-cousin terms or social norms

open access: yesEvolutionary Human Sciences, 2020
Kinship is a fundamental and universal aspect of the structure of human society. The kinship category of ‘grandparents’ is socially salient, owing to grandparents’ investment in the care of the grandchildren as well as to older generations’ control of ...
Catherine Sheard   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors of grandparental investment decisions in contemporary Europe: biological relatedness and beyond. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Across human cultures, grandparents make a valued contribution to the health of their families and communities. Moreover, evidence is gathering that grandparents have a positive impact on the development of grandchildren in contemporary industrialized ...
David A Coall   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Are grandparents raising grandchildren receiving the services they need?

open access: yesJournal of Childhood, Education & Society, 2021
Grandparents play an important role in the upbringing of grandchildren and face increased levels of stress. Using family stress theory, the present study examined the effectiveness of service programs for grandparents raising grandchildren.
Karleah Harris   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

“These classes have been my happy place”: Feasibility study of a self-care program in Native Hawaiian custodial grandparents

open access: yes, 2017
Native Hawaiian custodial grandparents have a distinctive set of strengths and challenges that may lead them to benefit from a structured self-care program.
Fruhauf, Christine A   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Grandparents' childcare and female labor force participation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In the U.S., grandparents look after one in five preschool children of employed women. Does this source of informal childcare increase female labor force participation and if so, up to what extent?
Posadas, Josefina   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

The role of mating effort and co-residence history in step-grandparental investment

open access: yesEvolutionary Human Sciences
The prevalence of divorce in both parental and grandparental generations has led to a rise in the number of children who now have families that include both biological and step-grandparents.
Jenni E. Pettay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reciprocity and solidarity in intergenerational relationships: Spain, France and Norway in comparative perspective.

open access: yesPapers, 2012
Contrary to the idea that kinship support declines with modernisation, it may be a key resource in the transition from a traditional male breadwinner family to a dual-earner model, either as a substitute of working mothers or as a complement in addition ...
Constanza Tobío Soler
doaj   +1 more source

Is Caring for Grandchildren Good for Grandparents’ Health? Evidence From a Fourteen-wave Nationwide Survey in Japan

open access: yesJournal of Epidemiology, 2022
Background: Enhanced female labor force participation is raising the importance of grandparents’ caring for their grandchildren. However, previous studies have reported mixed results of the association between grandchild care and grandparents’ health ...
Takashi Oshio
doaj   +1 more source

Les nouvelles technologies au service de la relation grand-parentale durant les premières années de vie du petit-enfant

open access: yesEnfances, Familles, Générations, 2023
Research framework: While the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) is ubiquitous in family relationships, little is known about their place in the grandparental relationship, especially during grandchildren’s first years of life ...
Paul Hayotte, Liesette Brunson
doaj  

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