• Grand Parenting Stats
Research: Some Stats on Grand Parenting
“By 2010 there will be more than 80 million grand parents, 33 percent more than there were in 1992. But the vast numbers of grand parents now and to come tell only part of the story. Today 82 percent of the grand parents have seen a grandchild in the past month, and 72 percent have shared a meal with or purchased a gift for a grand child within that time. Fifteen percent are regular caregivers, 3 percent are raising a grandchild, and of the rest, 44 percent see a grand child, every week. Yet fewer than half of all grand parents think it is very easy to come up with activities that a grandchild will enjoy, and 45 percent of grand folks live 200 or more miles away from at least one of their grand children.” Forward p. 9-10
Grandloving: Making Memories with Your Grandchildren, by Sue Johnson, and Julie Carlson, Third edition, Heartstrings Press, 2003
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