Just like raising your own? Grandmothers' perceptions of parenting a second time around

Family Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 564-575

  Dolbin MacNab, Megan L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family gerontology; Grandparents; Grandparents raising grandchildren; Intergenerational parenting; Kinship care

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751285272     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00426.x     Document Type: Review

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