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Peer reviewedJendrek, Margaret Platt – Gerontologist, 1994
Interviewed 114 grandparents. Found three major grandparent roles: custodial, living with grandchild, and day-care roles. Found that custodial grandparents often obtained that relationship because of severe problems in nuclear family. Day-care grandparents provided regular help to grandchild's nuclear family. Decision to provide care was often…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Day Care, Decision Making
