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Seven Grandparenting in divorced families: rights and policies

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Abstract

This chapter investigates grandparenting that took place in a broad range of family circumstances and does not have a particular focus on families in conflict. It explores the feelings of a small number of grandparents who are deprived of contact and comments on their strategies for coping with the problem. It notes that Cherlin and Furstenberg (1992), borrowing a phrase from Troll, describe grandparents as the ‘family watchdogs’. It further notes that these authors explain that the extended family comes into its own at times of crisis and not at times of ‘health and prosperity’.

Abstract

This chapter investigates grandparenting that took place in a broad range of family circumstances and does not have a particular focus on families in conflict. It explores the feelings of a small number of grandparents who are deprived of contact and comments on their strategies for coping with the problem. It notes that Cherlin and Furstenberg (1992), borrowing a phrase from Troll, describe grandparents as the ‘family watchdogs’. It further notes that these authors explain that the extended family comes into its own at times of crisis and not at times of ‘health and prosperity’.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. Acknowledgements iv
  4. Introduction 1
  5. What do we already know about grandparents? 9
  6. Grandparents’ relationships with grandchildren: continuity and change 21
  7. Activities with grandparents 33
  8. Discipline and favouritism 47
  9. The main grandparents 57
  10. Grandparenting in divorced families: rights and policies 71
  11. Communicating in divorced families 79
  12. Taking sides 89
  13. ‘Being there’: grandparents’ financial, emotional and childcare support 103
  14. Excluded grandparents 121
  15. Conclusions: grandparents and family policy 131
  16. References 145
  17. The families and the research methods 155
  18. Index 161
Grandparenting in divorced families
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https://doi.org/10.56687/9781847425843-008

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. Acknowledgements iv
  4. Introduction 1
  5. What do we already know about grandparents? 9
  6. Grandparents’ relationships with grandchildren: continuity and change 21
  7. Activities with grandparents 33
  8. Discipline and favouritism 47
  9. The main grandparents 57
  10. Grandparenting in divorced families: rights and policies 71
  11. Communicating in divorced families 79
  12. Taking sides 89
  13. ‘Being there’: grandparents’ financial, emotional and childcare support 103
  14. Excluded grandparents 121
  15. Conclusions: grandparents and family policy 131
  16. References 145
  17. The families and the research methods 155
  18. Index 161
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