1st Edition

Grandparenting in the United States

262 Pages

by Routledge

262 Pages

by Routledge

262 Pages

by Routledge

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The contributors to Grandparenting in the United States , edited by Madonna Harrington Meyer and Ynesse Abdul-Malak of Syracuse University, use a variety of quantitative and qualitative data sets to assess how grandparenting, and its impacts, vary by living arrangements, economic status, education, gender, race, ethnicity, and other stratifying variables. Some papers assess how the provision of... Read more

CHAPTER 1 Grandparenting in the United States
Madonna Harrington Meyer and Ynesse Abdul-Malak

PART I Grandparenting

CHAPTER 2 Race and Ethnic Differences in Grandchild Care and Financial Transfers with Grandfamilies: An Intersectional Resource Approach
Merril Silverstein and Yooumi Lee

CHAPTER 3 Grandmothers’ Financial Contributions and the Impact on Grandmothers
Madonna Harrington Meyer

CHAPTER 4 Health and Grandparenting among 13 Caribbean (and one Latin American) Immigrant Women in the United States
Ynesse Abdul-Malak

CHAPTER 5 Grand parent-Provided Childcare for Families Raising Elementary School-Aged Children with Disabilities
Peter D. Brandon

PART 2 Co-residential and Custodial Grandparenting

CHAPTER 6 Portrait of American Grandparent Families
Lynne M. Casper, Sandra M. Florian, C. Brady Potts, and Peter D. Brandon

CHAPTER 7 Multigenerational Relationships in Families with Custodial Grandparents
Rachel Dunifon, Kimberly Kopko, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, and Lauren Wakschlag

CHAPTER 8 An Exploration of the Health of Adolescents Raised by Grandparents
Megan L. Dolbin-MacNab

CHAPTER 9 Young Adults’ Perceptions of Living with Their Grandparents During Childhood
Laura D. Pittman, Micah Ioffe, and Chris tine R. Keeports

CHAPTER 10 Noncaregiving Grandparent Peers’ Perceptions of Custodial Grandparents: Extent of Life Disruption, Needs for Social Support, and Needs for Social and Mental Health Services
Bert Hayslip, Jr., Rebecca J. Glover, and Sara E. Pollard

About the Authors

Index