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Publication Date: 1999
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Custodial Grandparents and Their Grandchildren.
Heywood, Elizabeth McConnell
Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, v7 n4 p367-72 Oct 1999
Grandparents currently raise 1.35 million children in the United States. These grandparents, while providing a sense of stability and security to the children, do so at emotional, physical, and financial cost to themselves. Article reviews literature on the prevalence and population of grandparents raising grandchildren and the identified problem and treatment areas. (Author/JDM)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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