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- The study examines the views of grandchildren living with grandparents or great-grandparents, drawing from videotaped family interviews.
- The results highlight how grandchildren depict their parents and discuss their grandparents, revealing insights into their relationships.
- The findings emphasize the resilience of these grandchildren, as well as potential implications for improving child welfare practices.
Article Abstract
This paper presents the perspectives of grandchildren who are cared for by 20 grandparents or great-grandparents. It is based on videotaped family interviews that were analyzed qualitatively, and it shows how the grandchildren portray their parents and how they talk about their grandparents, as well as the grandchildren's strengths and resources. This inquiry demonstrates the nature of the grandchildren's attachments to their grandparents and their resilience. Implications for child welfare practice are identified.
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