Why more grandparents are raising their grandchildren
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Barack Obama with the grandparents who raised him.
Grandparent caregiving is not a new phenomenon: kincare has historically been part of family life. In fact, even President Obama has chronicled his early life experiences being raised by maternal grandparents. While extended family members have been part of childcare when needed, the reasons for and experience of raising grandchildren have changed over recent decades.
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