Research shows Latinx grandparents create a sense of safety for their LGBTQ+ grandchildren
A new study centers its research on LGBTQ+ Latinx youth and their positive relationship with grandparents.
A new study centers its research on LGBTQ+ Latinx youth and their positive relationship with grandparents.
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2024
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Mothers whose parents help out with childcare are more likely to show their children parental warmth than mothers who do not receive any support, finds a study led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) ...
Social Sciences
Jul 1, 2024
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A study conducted at the University of Turku shows that investment by maternal grandmothers can improve the well-being of grandchildren who have faced adversities in life. The positive effects can last well into adulthood. ...
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Apr 25, 2024
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The number of relatives that an individual has is expected to decrease by more than 35% in the near future. At the same time, the structure of families will change. The number of cousins, nieces, nephews and grandchildren ...
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Jan 8, 2024
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Minnesota saw a 58% decline of the moose population in the northeastern part of the state between 2006 and 2017. A primary driver of the decline is brainworm, a parasite that affects the animal's nervous system ultimately ...
Ecology
Aug 22, 2023
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Over the past 20 years, housing prices in Canada have increased at double the rate of income growth. As a result, a growing number of Canadian households are grappling with housing affordability.
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2022
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A study published in Contemporary Economic Policy that analyzed U.S. data found that a substantial portion of grandparents with the lowest proportions of wealth in 1984–1989 are likely to have grandchildren who end up in ...
Economics & Business
Jul 22, 2022
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We're all familiar with the blissful image of grandma or grandpa playing snakes and ladders with their grandchild—or a large family sat round a table at Christmas over a game of Scrabble, Monopoly or Cluedo.
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2022
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As parents struggle to juggle work and family commitments, early childhood education experts are encouraging Australians to acknowledge the important role of grandparents as critical caregivers in society.
Social Sciences
Jun 7, 2022
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A new study conducted at the University of Turku, Finland, does not support the assumption that grandparents would always participate more in a grandchild's life during difficult circumstances.
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Mar 3, 2022
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Grandparents are the parents of a person's own parent, whether that be a father or a mother. Every sexually-reproducing creature who is not a genetic chimera has a maximum of four genetic grandparents, eight genetic great-grandparents, sixteen genetic great-great-grandparents, etc. Rarely, such as in the case of sibling or half-sibling incest, these numbers are lower. In the history of modern humanity, around 30,000 years ago, the number of modern humans who lived to be grandparents began to skyrocket. It is not known for certain what spurred this increase in longevity. But it is believed that a key consequence of three generations being alive together was the facilitation of the passing along of information that prior to that point would have been lost; an example of this important information might have been where to find water in times of drought.
In cases where parents are unwilling or unable to provide adequate care for their children (e.g., death of the parents), grandparents often take on the role of primary caregivers. Even when this is not the case, and particularly in traditional cultures, grandparents often have a direct and clear role in relation to the raising, care and nurture of children.
One can also be a step-grandparent. A step-grandparent can be one's parent's step-parent or one's step-parent's parent. The various words for grandparents at times may also be used to refer to any elderly person, especially the terms gramps, granny, grandfather, grandmother and even more types that most families make up themselves.
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