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Raising Your Grandchild: A Tough But Rewarding Job
 There are many rewards of raising one's grandchild-including knowing that the child is well cared for and safe, as well as enjoying the love and affection that a grandchild can provide. This excellent primer helps grandparents provide the patience, love, and care that a child needs while facing such challenges as dealing with family crisis and the child's own issues. | |
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The number of grandparents whose grandchildren younger than 18 live with them is 6.1 million. (Source: 2006 American Community Survey)
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100 Things To Do With Your Grandchild This Fall
As days get shorter and the air gets crisp, there are so many ways to celebrate together, outdoor and in
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Hello Friends of Prevention,
In a 2006 America Community Survey it was recently revealed that 6.1 million grandparents in the U.S. have grandchildren under the age of eighteen that live with them. Of these 6.1 million grandparents, 2.5 million are responsible for the most of the basic needs (i.e., food, shelter, clothing) of one or more of the grandchildren who live with them. Of these caregivers, 1.6 million are grandmothers and 896,000 are grandfathers.
Today's grandparent is more involved in "kinship care" than ever before. And parenting a grandchild in today's world may require such resources as child care, insurance, social security benefits, and interactions with other grandparents in similar circumstances.
In this month's issue we salute these unsung role models and caregivers and provide some resources and tips to assist them in being the best grandparent they can be.
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James M. Hmurovich
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The challenges are sometimes great for step-grandparents, but the payoff is the same as for any new grandparent: a loving relationship with, well, grand kids.
Becoming a grandparent is exciting and challenging. Becoming a step-grandparent is equally exciting, but is often more challenging. Kim Fendrick, a clinical social worker in Haddonfield, NJ, is the biological grandparent of four, and the step-grandparent of three. Fendrick says the relationship a grandparent has with biological grandchildren is often less stressful, because the grandparent has an existing, lifelong connection to one of the child's parents. "With my daughter I can get into an argument," she says, laughing. "And with biological grandchildren you tend to push the envelope and say, 'Aw, c'mon, give me a kiss,' in a way that you might not with a step-grandchild." +Read More |
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