This study employs the concept of structured ambivalence to analyse the effect of grandchild care on quality of life (QoL) in different cultural contexts. We define structured ambivalence as the contradiction between behaviour and cultural norms. The analysis is based on the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe with 14 countries in the sample. We focus on grandparents aged 50 and o...

Guided by theories and empirical research on intergenerational relationships, we examine the phenomenon of grandparents caring for grandchildren in contemporary China. Using a longitudinal dataset (China Health and Nutrition Survey), we document a high level of structural and functional solidarity in grandparent-grandchildren relationships. Intergenerational solidarity is indicated by a high ra...

In this paper, I explain the design and implementation of an e-newsletter created to engage grandparents with public schools. A brief literature review, the process for creating the enewsletter, and my data collection methods are explained. The conclusions and implementations offered provide insight into how public schools can engage grandparents as important members of their school communities...

BACKGROUND The current literature on the influences of family environment on childhood obesity is predominantly based on western populations and has focused on the role of parents. This study examined the influence of grandparents on the development of obesity among Chinese primary school aged children. METHODS A mixed methods study was conducted in four socioeconomically distinct primary sch...

OBJECTIVES Grandparents are an important source of childcare. However, caring for grandchildren may affect grandparents' health in both positive and negative ways. Our study examines the association between grandparental childcare and grandparents' health at 2- and 4-year follow-up. METHOD Our study is based on grandparents aged 50 and older from Waves 1-4 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and ...

We examined whether grandparents perceive adult grandchildren as frequent and important contacts by analyzing network membership. We additionally examined whether this network membership is related to relationship intensity during childhood. network membership was assessed in 1992 (397 grandparents; 1,594 adult grandchildren) and at the 2005-2006 follow-up (155 grandparents; 429 adult grandchil...