This is the first book to bring together international scholars from around the world and from a wide variety of disciplines, to discover what is known about grandfathers and analyse the impact of close involvement with their grandchildren. Within the context of increased divorce rates, single parent families and healthier, more active elders, grandfathers have come out of the shadows and re-invented themselves in a new caring, nurturing role.
These original studies demonstrat...
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Part I Overview.- 1. Introduction; Ann Buchanan and Anna Rotkirch.- 2. A new niche? The theory of grandfather involvement; David A Coall, Sonja Hilbrand, Rebecca Sea...
Despre autor
Ann Buchanan is Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford, UK. She has been researching into child and family well-being, specificall...