Conclusions : what have we learnt? / Anna Rotkirch and Ann Buchanan. The social construction of grandfatherhood across time in England and the United States / Ann Buchanan -- Out of the shadows : are grandfathers defining their own roles in the modern family in Denmark? / George W. Leeson -- Grandfathers : the parents' perspective in the United Kingdom / Anne-Marie O'Leary and Ann Buchanan -- Maori grandfathers in Aotearoa (New Zealand) / Judith Davey and Cherryl Smith -- What do grandfathers value? Understanding grandfatherhood in Asia through Chinese grandfathers in Singapore / Leng Leng Thang -- Grandfathers in Australia : the gendered division of grandparent care / Briony Horsfall and Deborah Dempsey -- Good grandfathers have a partner / Knud Knudsen -- Grandfather involvement in Finland : impact of divorce, remarriage, and widowhood / Mirkka Danielsbacka and Antti O. Tanskanen -- Physical health of custodial and caregiving grandfathers in North America / Julie Hicks Patrick, Danielle K. Nadorff, and Valerie K. Blake -- Maternal grandfathers and child development in England : impact on the early years / Antti O. Tanskanen and Mirkka Danielsbacka -- Links between grandfather involvement and adolescent well-being in England and Wales / Jo-Pei Tan and Ann Buchanan -- Grandfather involvement and adolescent well-being in South Africa / Lauren Wild -- Grandfathering and adolescent adjustment difficulties and pro-social behaviour among Israeli Jewish and Arab adolescents / Shalhevet Attar-Schwartz -- Conclusions : what have we learnt? / Anna Rotkirch and Ann Buchanan.
Summary:
With changing families, more divorce, more lone parents, as well more healthy and active elders, grandfathers have come out of the shadows and reinvented themselves into a new caring, nurturing role. This is the first book to bring together international scholars from around the world, and from many disciplines, to discover what is known about grandfathers and what the impact is of involvement with grandchildren, on their own, and on their grandchildren's well-being. Original studies demonstrated that grandfather involvement is associated with child well-being in the UK and South Africa, the well-being of Arab and Israeli teenagers, as well as pre-school children in England, which is independent and different from grandmother involvement. This involvement has also been associated with grandfather well-being as long as the involvement is not intensive. This collection concludes that societies could benefit from encouraging more grandfathers to become involved and argues the case for grandparent visitation rights in those countries that currently do not have them.
Series:
Palgrave Macmillan studies in family and intimate life
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