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Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren New Roles Being Defined

White, Dawn Rajean
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1196348651

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2007, Master of Science, Miami University, Family and Child Studies.
The role of grandparent is changing as some take on the new role of being surrogate parents to their grandchildren. Using both quantitative and qualitative approaches, five grandparent caregivers who were primarily responsible for their grandchild were studied. The focus of this study was on 1) the reasons these grandparents assumed the surrogate role; 2) the needs and challenges these grandparents faced; 3)the resources these grandparents needed to assist them in this new role. The resulting five case studies highlighted unique aspects of grandparents raising their grandchildren where four common themes were found: informal custody was established; feelings of failure as parents to their biological children; the grandchild not returning to their parent's home when given the option; and grandparents lack of feelings of regret for becoming a surrogate parent. The findings from this study can be used to develop a support system to aid in the reunification of the family, to alert grandparents of the services available to them and help the child cope with the situation they are faced.
Elise Radina (Advisor)
97 p.
Grandparents raising their grandchildren

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  • White, D. R. (2007). Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren New Roles Being Defined [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1196348651

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • White, Dawn. Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren New Roles Being Defined. 2007. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1196348651.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • White, Dawn. "Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren New Roles Being Defined." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1196348651

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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