Global Grandparents: New Roles and Relationships

Settles, Barbara H.

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7503-9_29

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“…Grandparents are known to contribute directly and indirectly to child development by providing actual care (Tomlin, 1998; Settles, 2014) or by influencing the quality of mothers’ parenting behavior. The role of grandmothers in childcare is especially salient in Africa, where grandparental care has always been very common (Oburu & Palmerus, 2005; Oduaran & Oduaran, 2004), and where grandmothers as females in the extended family not only provide childcare but are also expected to take care of mothers who have given birth (Mokomane, 2013).…”

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Predicting Zambian Grandmothers’ Sensitivity Toward Their Grandchildren

Sichimba

Mooya

Mesman

2016

Int J Aging Hum Dev

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Whereas child care by grandmothers is widespread in the African cultural context, few studies have examined predictors of the quality of grandmaternal care in Africa. In the current study, we collected observational data to investigate predictors of the quality of grandmother-grandchild interactions in Zambia. Data were collected from 46 grandmothers and their 12 to 27-month-old infant grandchildren. The results revealed that grandmothers with fewer children and those who enjoyed the grandparenting tasks more were more sensitive in their interactions with their grandchildren. Unexpectedly, parenting beliefs favoring sensitive parenting predicted lower observed sensitivity in grandmothers. Further, grandmothers with a more individualistic cultural orientation were more intrusive toward their grandchildren. The results underscore the importance of time and emotional resources as predictors of sensitive parenting among grandmothers.

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Predicting Zambian Grandmothers’ Sensitivity Toward Their Grandchildren

Sichimba

Mooya

Mesman

2016

Int J Aging Hum Dev

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“…Several studies provide examples of intergenerational conflict whereby parents serve as gatekeepers and mediate in the quality of the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren. For example, Settles (2014) remarks that the amount and quality of care provided by grandparents to their grandchildren is determined by the adult children's actions and behaviours, and shaped by the relationship between these two generations. Forghani and Neustaedter (2014: 1) explain that grandparents ‘perceive that parents or children will be annoyed if they ask too many questions’.…”

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First-generation circular migrants involved in the upbringing of their grandchildren: the case of Turkish immigrants in Germany

Tezcan

2019

Ageing and Society

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Following retirement, older immigrants increasingly tend to engage in circular migration. This back-and-forth movement introduces a variety of challenges affecting the nature of grandparenthood as well as grandparental involvement in the upbringing of grandchildren. For circular migrant grandparents, maintaining intergenerational relationships requires them to overcome not only geographic distances, but also linguistic and cultural differences. In families with circular migrant grandparents, intergenerational conflict often springs from disparate generational exposure to acculturation processes, producing divergent aspirations within the first and second generations regarding the upbringing of the third generation. This study explores how first-generation Turkish circular migrant grandparents attempt to raise grandchildren who reside in Germany by implementing ‘cultural and instrumental transfers’. This study undertakes a qualitative approach: semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of first-generation Turkish circular migrant grandparents (N = 40). The analysis finds that child-care assistance is characterised by intergenerational conflict – rather than solidarity or altruistic support – between the first and second generations. Moreover, through transnational arranged marriages, as a cultural transfer, andinter vivosgifts, as an instrumental transfer, grandparents encourage their grandchildren to return to Turkey permanently.

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Global Grandparents: New Roles and Relationships

Cited by 2 publications

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Predicting Zambian Grandmothers’ Sensitivity Toward Their Grandchildren

Predicting Zambian Grandmothers’ Sensitivity Toward Their Grandchildren

First-generation circular migrants involved in the upbringing of their grandchildren: the case of Turkish immigrants in Germany

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