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Dumela Mma: an examination of resilience among South African grandmothers raising grandchildren
- Authors:
- DOLBIN-MACNAB Megan L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 36(10), 2016, pp.2182-2212.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Grandmothers serve as primary care-givers for a significant number of South African children. Previous research has documented that South African grandmothers experience physical, financial, emotional and social adversity. However, less attention has been given to South African grandmothers' resilience, or their capacity to respond to the challenges associated with raising their grandchildren. Utilising Walsh's (2003; 2012) family resilience model, this qualitative study examined resilience and resilient processes among 75 Black South African grandmothers raising grandchildren. Grandmothers participated in structured interviews during a weekly visit to a local luncheon (social) club. Results indicated that the grandmothers perceived themselves as engaging in a number of resilient processes, including relying on their spirituality, accessing sources of instrumental support, and seeking emotional support and companionship from their grandchildren and larger communities. Grandmothers also believed that focusing on their grandchildren contributed to their sense of resilience. This involved maintaining a sense of responsibility to their grandchildren, having hope for their grandchildren's futures and finding enjoyment in the grandmother–grandchild relationship. The findings reveal that, by engaging in various resilient processes, South African grandmothers raising grandchildren perceive themselves and their families as having strategies they can utilise in order to successfully cope with adversity. Findings also highlight the need for prevention and intervention efforts designed to promote grandmothers' resilience, as well as the resilience of their grandchildren. (Publisher abstract)
A second turn at parenting
- Author:
- BASHFORD Suzy
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Young People Now, 14.5.09, 2009, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
One in three families rely on grandparents to assist with childcare and this figure looks set to rise. This article discusses whether the support currently available to grandparents is sufficient to fulfil their childcare role. The article highlights specific grandparent and toddler groups that currently run in England.
Patterns of intergenerational support in grandparent-grandchild and parent-child relationships in Germany
- Author:
- HOFF Andreas
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 27(5), September 2007, pp.643-665.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The paper focuses on intergenerational support relations between grandparents and their grandchildren in Germany, and how they have changed from 1996 to 2002. The paper begins with a brief review of the literature on functional aspects of the grandparent-grandchild relationship, after which the research hypotheses about intergenerational support in the relationship are elaborated. Following a description of the data source, the German Ageing Survey, and its samples and measures, the evidence on the patterns of grandparents' provision and receipt of intergenerational support to and from their grandchildren are presented and compared with parent-child support patterns. The analysis also considers variations by age groups and birth cohorts and changes over time. The main empirical finding is that there was a greater likelihood of financial transfers to grandchildren in 2002 than six years earlier. Nevertheless, the grandparents' relationships with their grandchildren remained imbalanced or asymmetrical, at the older generation's expense. It was found that financial and instrumental support patterns between grandparents and grandchildren were best explained using an ‘intergenerational stake’ hypothesis
Parents once again
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 5.7.07, 2007, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Some grandparents have to re-learn parenting skills as they take on full-time care of their grandchildren. The author evaluates the support available for grandparents put in this position.
Around the clock: childcare services at atypical times
- Authors:
- STATHAM June, MOONEY Ann
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
With an increasingly service-based economy and 24-hour operation, more parents are working outside traditional 'nine-to-five' hours, Monday to Friday. At the same time, traditional childcare sources such as grandparents are predicted to become increasingly unavailable. This study by researchers at the Thomas Coram Research Unit looked at the barriers to developing childcare services to cover
A parent again
- Author:
- BASHFORD Suzy
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 15.9.04, 2004, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
Looks at the way grandparents are moving away from old stereotypes, some of the responsibilities they have taken on, and support groups. Many more now look after grandchildren, and some take full responsibility for a grandchild's upbringing. Describes available help and gives quotations from grandparents at a toddler group about looking after their grandchildren.
Grandparents raising grandchildren: families in transition
- Authors:
- WEBER Joseph A., WALDROP Deborah P.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 33(2), 2000, pp.27-46.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Using the strengths-based Caregiver Well-Being Scale, this American research provides social workers with strategies for assessing and promoting caregiver well-being. One hundred eighteen family caregivers were used to examine caregiver relationship to the care-recipient and 138 caregivers are included in the analyses for co-residential arrangement with the care-recipient. Predictors of well-being were highlighted for each group. Caregiver competence and depression predict well-being for spouse, adult child and non-co-resident caregivers. Depression is the only predictor for co-resident caregivers. Implications for social work practice with family caregivers are highlighted.
Grandparents and the legal process
- Authors:
- DOUGLAS G., LOWE N.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare Law, 2, 1990, pp.89-1O6.
- Publisher:
- Sweet & Maxwell Ltd
Describes the current legal position, a survey of the use made of legal proceedings, and issues arising.
Grandmas' hands rocked the cradle
- Author:
- HARRIS Deneen M.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 35(12), 2013, p.2072–2079.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
A considerable number of women find themselves serving as surrogate parents for their grandchildren. This issue is particularly salient for African-American women. This article highlights the experiences of African-American grandmothers who are rearing their grandchildren in a rural southern community. Data collection included in-depth interviewing, observation, and document review. Findings from the study underscore the need for policy makers and practitioners to understand the structural and cultural context in which grandparent caregiving occurs. Grandmothers serving as surrogate parents should have access to a comprehensive array of services some of which include financial, psychological, medical, and legal services. In addition to these services grandparent caregivers should be empowered to engage in activities which encourage support and self-care. Study findings generate ideas that will be of interest to those responsible for practice and policy decisions. (Publisher abstract)
Resisters, mimics and coincidentals: intergenerational influences on childcare values and practices
- Author:
- O'CONNOR Henrietta
- Journal article citation:
- Community Work and Family, 14(4), November 2011, pp.405-423.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The experiences of working class mothers balancing paid work and childcare responsibilities have received little attention. There has also been a lack of research examining the impact of intergenerational transmission on the values and practices of mothers within families. This paper addresses this gap by examining the childcare strategies and employment decisions of two cohorts of working women within family chains: grandmothers and mothers. The paper argues that the role of intergenerational transmission is of key importance in understanding mothers’ decisions about combining work and childcare responsibilities. It shows that the behaviour of mothers is frequently influenced by their own mothers’ actions, either positively, by mimicking their role, or negatively, by avoiding the reproduction of their mothers’ behaviour. The author concludes that this pattern can only be understood by examining the impact of both the context and the current life course stage of both mothers and grandmothers.