Description |
133 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-126). |
Contents |
Chapter 1, Grandparents today -- Chapter 2, Variations in the grandparenting experience -- Chapter 3, The generation in between -- Chapter 4, Grandchildren growing and changing -- Chapter 5, Does gender matter? -- Chapter 6, The benefits of being an active grandparent -- Chapter 7, How to be an engaged grandparent -- Chapter 8, Long-distance active grandparenting -- Chapter 9, Resources for grandparents. |
Summary |
Most people over 50 are grandparents, but few have preparation for this significant role. In Being Grandma and Grandpa, sociologist Emily Stier Adler and psychologist Michele Hoffnung draw on their professional knowledge, their own experiences as involved grandparents of 10 grandchildren between them, and interviews with more than two hundred active grandmothers and grandfathers, to describe contemporary grandparenthood and offer advice. The authors offer important tips to encourage new grandparents and aid those who want new approaches to problems they have encountered. |
Subject |
Grandparents -- United States.
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Families -- United States.
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Grandparents. (OCoLC)fst00946374
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Added Author |
Hoffnung, Michele.
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ISBN |
9780692132234 |
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0692132236 |
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