African American Grandmothers: New Mothers Again
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Affilia
- Vol. 14 (3) , 329-343
- https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099922093680
Abstract
This qualitative study captured the lived experiences of 12 grandmothers who assumed the role of primary caregivers of their grandchildren because the children's parents were not present. The study found that the grandmothers experienced a role shift from grandmothers to new mothers again, which resulted in unanticipated changes in all aspects of their lives.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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