Grandparents raising their grandchildren

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 147-169

  Hayslip Jr , Bert ^a   Kaminski, Patricia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Custodial grandparenting; Grandparenting; Nontraditional grandparents; Skipped generation families; Surrogate parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644489516     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v37n01_10     Document Type: Review

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