Different Pathways to a Common Destiny

@article{Crewe2006DifferentPT,
  title={Different Pathways to a Common Destiny},
  author={Sandra Crewe},
  journal={Journal of Health \& Social Policy},
  year={2006},
  volume={22},
  pages={199 - 214}
}
  • Sandra Crewe
  • Published 31 December 2006
  • Education
  • Journal of Health & Social Policy
Summary Nationwide, grandparents raising grandchildren is a growing phenomenon. In the District of Columbia, 19% of children under age 18 live in kincare-headed households. This compares to 8% nationally. This article reports on findings from an AARP focus group study of 40 grandparents raising grandchildren in the District of Columbia. It tells the stories of individuals who have traveled different pathways to arrive at their common destiny of being a grandparent caregiver. It primarily uses… 
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Grandparents raising grandchildren: Implications for school systems and school personnel
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Challenges and Resilience in African American Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Review of the Literature with Practice Implications
This paper reviews literature on grandparents raising grandchildren, focusing on caregiving challenges and resilience in African American grandparent caregivers within a socio-cultural context. A…
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Synthetic Review and Theoretical Model for Interventions
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A conceptual model is developed to contribute to understanding the causes and consequences of custodial grandparenting, using the stress-coping framework while highlighting the emerging issues related to contemporary grandfam families such as cultural and ethnic heterogeneity in grandfamilies.
Parenthood in the Twenty-First Century: African American Grandparents as Surrogate Parents
African American grandparents serve important roles as surrogate parents. Historically they are honored and recognized for their extraordinary service in augmenting the child welfare system. This…
Conflicts, Concerns and Family Circumstances in Custodial Grandmothers Over 8 Years
Although many grandmothers raising grandchildren experience transitions in their roles as family strains and circumstances change, little longitudinal data has been examined. This qualitative study…
Co-resident grandparents and children's early cognitive development
Cross-cultural research on parent–maintained multigenerational families with co-resident grandparents has shown largely positive outcomes for children, but few studies have explored the potential…
The pathway to grandparenting stress: trauma, relational conflict, and emotional well-being
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Recommendations are made about how to tailor a trauma-informed approach to the needs of custodial grandparents through a series of regression models and structural equation models.
Becoming involved in raising a relative's child: reasons, caregiver motivations and pathways to informal kinship care
Interviews with 207 informal kinship caregivers describe a dynamic process that influences how children come to live with a relative other than their parent. This process involves three overlapping…
Challenges and Resilience in African American Grandparents
This paper reviews literature on grandparents raising grandchildren, focusing on caregiving challenges and resilience in African American grandparent caregivers within a socio-cultural context. A…
Grandparents as Parents: Investigating the Health and Well-Being of Trauma-Exposed Families
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