Research Catalog

Title

Grandparenting in the United States / edited by Madonna Harrington Meyer and Ynesse Abdul-Malak.

Publication

Amityville, New York : Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Harrington Meyer, Madonna, 1959-
• Abdul-Malak, Ynesse

Description

iv, 256 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Grandparenting in the United States is evolving into a more diverse experience. Grandparents may live in the same home or on a different continent; they may provide intensive grandchild care or rarely see their grandchildren; they may foot the bill for rent and diapers or provide only occasional birthday gifts. As a group they provide a wide spectrum of assistance and they experience a wide spectrum of consequences, ranging from intense joy and meaningful lives to longing, exhaustion, and financial worries. The contributors to Grandparenting in the United States, edited by Madonna Harrington Meyer and Ynesse Abdul-Malak of Syracuse University, use a variety of quantitative and qualitative data sets to assess how grandparenting, and its impacts, vary by living arrangements, economic status, education, gender, race, ethnicity, and other stratifying variables. Some papers assess how the provision of financial assistance, particularly during economic downturns, may be easily absorbed or financially detrimental. Others demonstrate how immigrant grandparents navigate multiple sets of cultural expectations to provide childcare to their grandchildren. Some show how Hispanic grandparents acculturation level is linked to childcare and financial transfer across generations. Others emphasize the extent to which schoolchildren with disabilities are more likely to receive grandparent care, particularly if the mother is single. Some reveal how custodial grandmothers are significantly more likely to be poor, face social isolation, and report poorer health. Others enumerate the positive, and negative, impacts of frequent interaction for both generations. In total, the volume underscores the impact of evolving diversification of grandparenting across multiple generations."--Amazon.com.

Series Statement

Society and aging series

Uniform Title

Society and aging series.

Subject

• Grandparenting > United States
• Families > United States
• Families
• Grandparenting
• United States

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Chapter 1. Grandparenting in the United States / Madonna Harrington Meyer and Ynesse Abdul-Malak. -- Part I. Grandparenting: Chapter 2. Race and ethnic differences in grandchild care and financial transfers with grandfamiles : an intersectional resource approach / Merril Silverstein and Yooumi Lee -- Chapter 3. Grandmothers' financial contributions and the impact on grandmothers / Madonna Harrington Meyer -- Chapter 4. Health and grandparenting among 13 Caribbean (and one Latin American) immigrant women in the United States / Ynesse Abdul-Malak -- Chapter 5. Grandparent-provided childcare for families raising elementary school-aged children with disabilities / Peter D. Brandon.
• Part 2. Co-residential and custodial grandparenting: Chapter 6. Portrait of American grandparent families / Lynne M. Casper, Sandra M. Florian, C. Brady Potts, and Peter D. Brandon -- Chapter 7. Multigenerational relationships in families with custodial grandparents / Rachel Dunifon, Kimberly Kopko, P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale, and Lauren Wakschlag. -- Chapter 8. An exploration of the health of adolescents raised by grandparents / Megan L. Dolbin-MacNab -- Chapter 9. Young adults' perceptions of living with their grandparents during childhood / Laura D. Pittman, Micah Ioffe, and Christine R. Keeports -- Chapter 10. Noncaregiving grandparent peers' perceptions of custodial grandparents : extent of life disruption, needs for social support, and needs for social and mental health services / Bert Hayslip, Jr., Rebecca J. Glover, and Sarah E. Pollard. -- About the authors -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 17-4013

ISBN

• 9780895038494
• 0895038498
• 9780895038753
• 0895038757

LCCN

2015050522

OCLC

934937606

Title

Grandparenting in the United States / edited by Madonna Harrington Meyer and Ynesse Abdul-Malak.

Publisher

Amityville, New York : Baywood Publishing Company, Inc., [2016]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Society and aging series

Society and aging series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Harrington Meyer, Madonna, 1959- editor.

Abdul-Malak, Ynesse, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 17-4013