An intergenerational perspective on grandparent roles: Views of young parents and middle-age/older adults

Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-48

  Dellmann Jenkins, Mary ^a   Hollis, Ami Haynes ^a,b   Gordon, Karen Lowry ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Career Services Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Grandparent roles; Intergenerational relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247672027     PISSN: 15350770     EISSN: 15350932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J194v03n01_04     Document Type: Article

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