Grandparents

The relationships between grandparents and grandchildren, to some extent, are often magical.That means you can discover something new and interesting every time you meet with them. My grandfather is a retired soldier with all characteristics a soldier should have—tough shell and tough heart. In my childhood memories, he seems like a familiar stranger. However, the precious time that I spent alone with my grandfather enabled me to gain insight about what kind of person my grandfather truly is and

and grandparents help produce another complete generation, they wouldn’t even be here. We don’t give them enough credit just like Steven Spielberg said. My grandma is a baby boomer, and in one of the questions I asked her, she completely said, “We knew we had to work for what we wanted and that our parents weren’t going to give it us. We had to get what we wanted.” She states this message all right here. What she is forgetting however without her parents and many other parents and grandparents, there

Pouring rain on the lush green foliage of Southwestern Mississippi marked my birthday; born April 3, 1938, on Poplar Hill Plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi, the eighth of thirteen children. My parents, Willie Jackson and Sarah Whitney Jackson spent their entire lives in Jefferson County, born, baptized, married in 1926, died and their final resting place, the Poplar Hill Cemetery behind the church. Family stories of the experiences during the Civil War and reconstruction, seldom talked

“I had an amazing life. I had wonderful husband I loved more than anything else is the world. I had six beautiful children, who gave me nine grandchildren, and the strength I needed throughout my life. I have regrets; but everyone does. I believe my life was wonderful because everyday I pray for my family and thank God for what he has given me throughout the years. The good times, and the difficult ones – everything was a blessing.” Winnie, now 75 years old, believes she has been blessed everyday

1-Census data indicate that in the United States there are approximately 2.4 million grandparents raising 4.5 million grandchildren. Grandparents raise their grandchildren, for their biological parents cannot care, or choose not to care the child that they born. Some common reasons are teenage pregnancy, divorce, drug or alcohol addiction, physical health issues, death of the parent, unstable home life, homelessness, child neglect or abuse, or one of the parents is in jail. In “The Real Reality”

My great grandparents mean the world to me and it was very hard for me when they started to become sick. They have inspired me to be the best I can be and to never give up. They were very nice and awesome people, a lot of people looked up to them, including me. They lived in Indiana which meant I didn’t get to see them a lot but when I did it was the best times of my childhood. When we would go over there, my cousins, my brother, and I would play with the stuffed animals they had and we would hang

Many people only have the privilege of seeing their grandparents on birthdays and other holidays. Luckily for me, I see mine almost every week. My grandparents, specifically my mom's parents, have both played a large role in shaping me into the person I am today. My grandpa, or “Pa”, especially, has been more of a father to me than my own. He has held an essential role in my life, and is continually shaping me each day. My grandpa is a strong-willed and old fashioned man. He likes to do things his

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Today many grandchildren are going to live with their grandparents because of death, divorce, incarceration, and bad parenting. The grandchildren mostly come from dysfunctional families and may have been exposed to sexual and physical violence and illicit drug and alcohol use from their parents. Many grandparents do not have a clue about how their life is fixing to change with raising their grandchildren and challenges that lie ahead. This research will look at

to satisfy their grandparents’ health needs, or in completing the regular daily tasks. The mother stated “We are putting all our efforts to care for them, but seems that is not enough because they are not getting well; We don’t know what to do”. They feel overwhelmed, tired, and stressed. The maternal grandmother stated that “she wants to help her daughter in the house chores as before, and now she is useless and a burden to the family”. They stated that sometimes grandparents are more private

grandmother is entitled to visitation rights to the minor child and whether the bad relationship between the Alice Cronin (hereinafter the “mother”) and grandmother is a consideration in determining the child’s best interest. Grandparents Visitation Act Indiana’s Grandparents Visitation Act (hereinafter “Act”) allows a child’s