Grandparents Raising Kids
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9781422214961
Pages
64 pages
Genre
nonfiction
Format
full length
Item Type
Nonfiction
Annotation
In 2005, 6 million children were being raised by their grandparents. Sometimes, their grandchildren's parents had died, sometimes they were in prison, and sometimes they just couldn't cope with raising children. When grandparents take in their grandchildren to raise, they have some difficulties most families don't have. They're older, for one thing, and they also have to deal with their own children and that relationship. But they have the wisdom and experience they've gained from raising one set of children already, and this can help. The families in this book have had both good and bad experiences, but they have learned a great deal through them.
Grade Level
6-8, 9-12
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Kinship care; Legal guardianship; Multiracial; grandparents looking after grandchildren; grandparents raising grandchildren; multiple races
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Family Formation
grandmother and grandfather
LGBTQ+
multiple
Keywords
grandparents as parents; child rearing; difficulties; real situations; reasons; discussion questions; paintings
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Simons, Rae, "Grandparents Raising Kids" (2010). Diverse Families. 699.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/699