Encore Parenting: When Grandparents Fill the Role of Primary Caregiver

The Family Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-171

  Lever, Karla ^a   Wilson, Jennifer J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

developmental stages; family structure; grandparenting; grandparents; grief

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644473151     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480704273093     Document Type: Review

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