Question

in our globalizing world do you think you feel less or attached to your home state than your grandparents did to their?

Answer 1

This special issue on Grandparents highlights the increasing role that they are taking in raising the next generation, not only in the United Kingdom, but across the world. Why are grandparents playing a major role in rearing the next generation? Firstly, older people are living longer and are healthier so they are more available. Also rising divorce rates, increases in single parenthood, more working mothers and the globalisation of work has fuelled family change. The expanding body of interdisciplinary research in cross-generational relations has raised key questions such as: how has human evolution shaped grandparental behaviour?