Demographic shifts, changing family structures, evolving gender norms, and diverse
government policies have brought grandparenthood to the forefront of economic discourse …

American households include a variety of living arrangements. Recent trends in increased
life expectancy, single parent families, and female employment, increase the potential for …

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 …

summary Grandparenting in the 21st century is at the heart of profound family and societal
changes. It is of increasing social and economic significance yet many dimensions of …

Internationally, grandparents are important providers of childcare while their adult children
participate in work and other activities. There is a growing body of literature that explores …

Demographic changes affect the intergenerational family structure and increase the supply
of grandparents (Dykstra & Hagestad, 2017). With increases in life expectancy …

Grandparenting in the 21st century is at the heart of profound family and societal changes. It
is of increasing social and economic significance yet many dimensions of grandparenting …

An ageing world contains growing numbers of grandparents, who share longer lifespans
with, on average, smaller numbers of grandchildren. The scope for grandparenting is …

Grandmothers provide far more childcare assistance than do grandfathers. This gender gap
in grandparenting is well-documented, but not well-understood. The present study …

In recent decades, substantial sociodemographic and economic transformations in western
economies have altered family structures as well as relations between the family and the …