Offering to provide child care for preschool grandchildren: Grandparents behaving generatively

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-48

  Materne, Chris J ^a   Luszcz, Mary A ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LETTER; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGED; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PARENTS;

EID: 77953801754     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2009.00414.x     Document Type: Letter

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