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There is an increase in the length of lives and the amount of children people are having in todays age. This affects the way grandparents are influencing their children and the role they play. Mobility has also changed how often grandparents see their grandchildren.
Grandparents are fundamental to family dynamics. They are the ones bearing great weight of values and teaching the younger generation identity. Religious affiliation, education, and occupational achievement are all areas that grandparents have a lot of power of influence in. Grandparents benefit children living in homes with single parents. It is not as healthy for the kid to grow up in a house with one parents as it is if there are grandparents present there. There are 3.9 million children, six percent, living in grandparents homes in the united states. Most if they only live wiht one grandparent, live with the grandmother. |