Grandparents and Their Adult Grandchildren: Recurring Themes From the Literature

Sheehan, Nancy W.; Petrovic, Kimberly

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“…While studies on grandparents taking care of young children have often focused on the stressful aspect of being surrogate parents, literature from adolescent grandchildren's and adult grandchildren's perspectives shows mutual emotional bonds between grandparents and grandchildren (Sheehan and Petrovic 2008). Grandparents also experienced learning opportunities such as new computer technology (i.e.…”

Section: Incorporating Social Support From Grandchildren Into Social mentioning

confidence: 99%

Life Satisfaction of Older Adults in Hong Kong: The Role of Social Support from Grandchildren

Lou

2009

Soc Indic Res

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Section: Incorporating Social Support From Grandchildren Into Social mentioning

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Life Satisfaction of Older Adults in Hong Kong: The Role of Social Support from Grandchildren

Lou

2009

Soc Indic Res

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“…It is perhaps unsurprising that grandparents continue to demonstrate love for their GLBQ grandchild given how prominent themes of love and positive regard are in the more general grandparenting literature (Hodgson, 1992; Kornhaber & Woodward, 1985; Nussbaum & Bettini, 1994; Sheehan & Petrovic, 2008). It may also be that norms of non-interference by grandparents may be responsible for these accepting behaviors, as other research indicates that contemporary grandparents may be expected to “be unassuming and supportive in exchanges with their adult grandchildren” (Kemp, 2004, p. 507).…”

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“…Demographic research indicates that as of the year 2000 an average 30 year old adult is 75% likely at least one living grandparent, a dramatic shift from even 60 years earlier where the average 30 year old had only a 32% chance of having at least one living grandparent (Uhlenberg & Kirby, 1998). These multi-generation families have enabled new relationships between grandparents and their grandchildren and scholarship has reflected these shifts in its attention to the relationships of grandparents and their grandchildren (Cherlin & Furstenberg, 1992; Fruhauf, Orel & Jenkins, 2009; Harwood, 2001; Hodgson, 1992; Kemp, 2005; Mueller, Wilhelm & Elder, 2002; Nussbaum & Bettini, 1994; Orel & Fruhauf, 2005; Sheehan & Petrovic, 2008; Szinovacz, 1998). …”

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The Intergenerational Family Relationships of Grandparents and GLBQ Grandchildren

Scherrer

2010

Journal of GLBT Family Studies

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This paper describes the intergenerational family relationships of grandparents and GLBQ grandchildren. Reviewing empirical research on GLBQ family of origin relationships that include materials on grandparent-GLBQ grandchild relationships, this paper examines, 1) disclosure patterns with grandparents, 2) social expectations that exist about "coming out" to grandparents, 3) social expectations of GLBQ grandchildren when "coming out" to grandparents, 4) the mediating role of parents and other extended family in grandparent-GLBQ grandchild relationships, and 5) theorizing differences amongst grandparent-GLBQ grandchild relationships. This review indicates that grandparents have been overlooked in existing empirical research in research on GLBQ family relationships. Grandparents may be a unique source of support for younger GLBQ individuals and their parents. Future research may usefully incorporate grandparents, as well as other extended family members, to better understand the experience of "coming out" in families.This cultural divide [between those who normalize GLBQ identities and those who do not] is not between gays and straights or even among the various stripes of gay people. Neither is it between lesbian and gay men, blacks and whites, rich and poor, or urban and rural. Rather,…it is between generations.( Savin-Williams, 2005, p. 12-13)

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“…This supports the idea that the extended family compensates for lacking resources in low-SES families. Second, research also suggests that the flow of resources within the extended family depends on the quality of family relations (Bengtson 2001;Hirshorn 1988;Sheehan and Petrovic 2008;Silverstein and Ruiz 2006). I test whether effects of extended family members' characteristics on children's educational success depend on biological, geographic, or social ties between family members, but I find little evidence to suggest that this is the case.…”

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The Extended Family and Children’s Educational Success

2012

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Research on family background and educational success focuses almost exclusively on two generations: parents and children. This study argues that the extended family contributes significantly to the total effect of family background on educational success. Analyses using the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study show that, net of family factors shared by siblings from the same immediate family, factors shared by first cousins account for a nontrivial part of the total variance in children's educational success. Results also show that grandparents', aunts', and uncles' socioeconomic characteristics have few direct effects on educational success. Furthermore, resources in the extended family compensate for lacking resources in low-SES families, which in turn promote children's educational success. The main conclusion is that the total effect of family background on educational success originates in the immediate family, the extended family, and in interactions between these two family environments.

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Grandparents and Their Adult Grandchildren: Recurring Themes From the Literature

Cited by 35 publications

References 47 publications

Life Satisfaction of Older Adults in Hong Kong: The Role of Social Support from Grandchildren

Life Satisfaction of Older Adults in Hong Kong: The Role of Social Support from Grandchildren

The Intergenerational Family Relationships of Grandparents and GLBQ Grandchildren

The Extended Family and Children’s Educational Success

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