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=Families Raised By The Grandparents =



**__Description__**

Parents and grandparents served as a family "team" supporting and nurturing the young. Lately however, the family team has broken apart for many with the result that over the last several decades the number of children being raised by grandparents, either solely, or part-time has been on the increase.

__**Common Problems**__

- Being able to make life-changing decisions to dedicate one's life to raising a child at a time in life when one may be looking forward to more leisure and less responsibility. - Emotional - Financial - Health - Legal - Educational Matters

__**Statistics**__

- More than 3.9 million grandparents are raising their grandchildren in their homes - Overall, about 5.4 million children nationwide live with their grandparents - 1 in 10 grandparents has been the primary support of a grandchild at some time in their lives

__**Parents**__

-- Maintain a hopeful attitude, yet at the same time always look reality in the face <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-- Assure your child that there will always be a place fore her/him in the family <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-- Keep the lines of communication open to the parents

[| **www.aarp.org**] <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Arial,Helvetica;">** [|www.grandparenting.org] **

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__**Students**__

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__**For Teachers**__

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">-- Important to understand who the main caretaker of the child is -- Communicate with grandparents

http://www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/supporting/resources/grandparents.cfm

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">__**Sources**__

[| **www.aarp.org**] <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS,Arial,Helvetica;">** [|www.grandparenting.org] **