Family Systems
What is involuntary caretaking?
Some grandparents raising grandchildren co-reside with their adult children and the grandchild
What is a coparenting family structure?
A family systems perspective suggests that raising a grandchild would have implications for custodial grandparents’ ______ family relationships
What is immediate and extended?
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What are Cheetos?
Custodial grandparents who participated in a _____ experienced greater increases in social support
What is a support group?
These grandparents typically want to ensure a safe, stable environment for their grandchildren in the absence of their parents.
What is voluntary caretaking?
Grandparents have sole responsibility for the care of their grandchildren (voluntary or involuntary)
What is skipped generation?
While married grandparents may be able to offer one another emotional support and share in the tasks and demands of caregiving, this can also result in ______(e.g., disagreements over parenting, putting off retirement, resuming work, loss of independence)
Grandparents have limited contact with their grandchildren, and parents have primary responsibility.
What is limited caretaking?
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Grandparent ____or positive adaptation and positive outcomes despite adversity, can counteract the negative effects of stressors on grandparents’ physical and mental health
Grandparents take an active interest in their grandchildren's lives (i.e., education, activities), but their parents have primary responsibility
What is participatory caretaking?