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Custodial Grandparenting

Implications for Children’s Development

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Redefining Families

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Many professionals and laypersons can verify that families are in a state of flux. Traditional, well-defined roles that men, women, and children play have been altered by divorce, teenage pregnancy, dual-career families, and single parenthood. Consequently, a redefinition of family forms has taken place, brought about by the necessity to fulfill the unique role responsibilities associated with changing family composition. Bengtson, Rosenthal, and Burton (1990) have underscored the fact that traditional expectations about families have been altered by demographic factors such as increased longevity and reduced fertility, as well as a diversity of family forms.

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