Grandma, what big teeth you have! The social construction of grandparenting in American business and academe

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 652-676

  Hanks, Roma Stovall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

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EID: 0035533636     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019251301022005007     Document Type: Article

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