Contemporary
grandparenthood. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
He span of
grandparenthood thus will be roughly 20 years for both men; but those years are between 40 and 60 for his grandfather and 60 and 80 for Marry.
Many of these older adults have completed professional careers, have raised families, and are experiencing the joys of
grandparenthood. Now they seek a relaxed lifestyle and the opportunity to explore new interests.
"The 50-anything" model: the new reality Age Life events Events 50+ Later adulthood Remarriage Parenting - first and second families
Grandparenthood Day care to grandchild Lost job/major career move Parental care Empty nest Nest revisited Retirement Solitary survivors
There are chapters on helping youngsters balance the search for meaningful work with the responsibility for self-sufficiency, on coping with youngsters' sexual mores, on
grandparenthood and on dealing with problems ranging from the acute to the chronic.
Like it or not, 15 years of 'single
grandparenthood' is a badge of honor, and you are amply rewarded when grandson comes home announcing that he won this and that Metro Manila competition.
In this case study, we examined the effect of narrative approach to home based occupational therapy on the development of
grandparenthood, quality of life, and wisdom in two elderly subjects.
Reitzes and Mutran (2004) found that, although grandfathers experienced lowered levels of satisfaction with
grandparenthood than grandmothers, this was mediated by the frequency of contact with the child, the centrality the grandfather attributed to the grandparent role and the grandparent's feeling of self-worth.
In their classic research of the 1960s, Neugarten and Weinstein (1964) indicated that
grandparenthood contains the potential for the experience of biological renewal, continuity, self-fulfillment, a chance to succeed in a new emotional role, and indirect expansion of the self through the grandchild's achievements.
About the banal sublimity of
grandparenthood, he'd had no clue.
The next stage after fatherhood is, of course,
grandparenthood.
It is impossible to interpret this construction of
grandparenthood without placing it in the broader context of 'social inclusion', itself a response to increased social fragmentation and economic competition.