Grandparenting Grandchildren
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By Lance Winslow
More and more grandparents are caring for grandkids these days and well one has to ask if that is really fair, because it seems that the grandparents although responsible also need their own peace and quite and deserve a somewhat less problematic family situation at home. Raising kids and teens in this current up and coming generation is not similar to back then and kids have so many different needs, desires and complications.
September 10, 2006 is National Grandparents day and well they deserve their own day indeed. It is estimated that over six million kids and teens live with their grandparents on a permanent basis and that is huge number considering there are nearly sixty million grandparents still living in the present period. In fact that number will only grow due to the fact people are living longer too. It use to be that grandparents were living with one of their offspring in old age, but now more grandchildren are starting to live with their grandparents instead?
It would seem that we need to give these grandparents an award for all they do. Because if you consider grandparents taking on the responsibility of kids on a fixed income then you have to consider the lessening of their quality of life as well. This sacrifice should be rewarded and people should not have kids unless they can afford them. We have to stop and take a look at how all this is progressing and how it changes the American way of life and what those demographic shifts mean for the future of our civilization. Consider all this in 2006.
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By Lance Winslow
More and more grandparents are caring for grandkids these days and well one has to ask if that is really fair, because it seems that the grandparents although responsible also need their own peace and quite and deserve a somewhat less problematic family situation at home. Raising kids and teens in this current up and coming generation is not similar to back then and kids have so many different needs, desires and complications.
September 10, 2006 is National Grandparents day and well they deserve their own day indeed. It is estimated that over six million kids and teens live with their grandparents on a permanent basis and that is huge number considering there are nearly sixty million grandparents still living in the present period. In fact that number will only grow due to the fact people are living longer too. It use to be that grandparents were living with one of their offspring in old age, but now more grandchildren are starting to live with their grandparents instead?
It would seem that we need to give these grandparents an award for all they do. Because if you consider grandparents taking on the responsibility of kids on a fixed income then you have to consider the lessening of their quality of life as well. This sacrifice should be rewarded and people should not have kids unless they can afford them. We have to stop and take a look at how all this is progressing and how it changes the American way of life and what those demographic shifts mean for the future of our civilization. Consider all this in 2006.
"Lance Winslow" - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/
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