Grandparents parenting their grandchildren

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 162-168

  Orb, Angelica ^a   Davey, Margaret ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grandparents; Parenting; Raising children

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247675574     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2005.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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