The New Version of the Relationship Grandparents-Grandchildren as an Opportunity of Unprecedented Bonds

AbstractThis paper seeks to review some of the changes in the grandparent-grandchildren relationship and the new roles that"grandparents" are taking on in the face of these transformations. The literature review suggests that this new grandparenthood seeks new ways of living with their grandchildren, exploring new qualities of life. There is a symmetrization effect and a similar or equal starting point in the exploration of life. Grandchildren explore how to become adults, grandparents explore how to leave behind the decrepit model of old people with which they no longer feel identified or comforted. Both are looking for something on the order of renewal and change and in that sense there is an alliance of growth and change together. The most relevant results indicate that these new roles of older adults are essentially important for understanding the new type of intergenerational mutual protection and how they correlate with the demographic trends emerging in Latin America.
Source: Journal of Population Ageing - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research