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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since we’ve only had anecdotes from some very bitter women , here’s some statistics on what’s actually going on with grandmothers.

According to the u.S. Census Bureau, there are about 11.3 million children under age 5 with working mothers. of those children, about 3.3 million (30 percent) are in the care of their grandparents for some period of time every week. With nearly a third of the children of working mothers being cared for by grandparents,

The Census Bureau also reported that many older children often are cared for by their grandparents before and after school, while their parents are still at work – 12 percent or 4.7 million children between the ages of 5 and 14, are regularly in the care of their grandparents.

(National assoc of childcare).  NACCRRA’s survey found that nearly 40 percent of grandparents with grandchildren under age 13, and who live within an hour’s drive from them, are currently providing child care to their grandchildren.

Note the first paragraph references children under 5.  The second was children under 13.

U.S. census data shows that 7.1 million American grandparents are living with their grandchildren under 18. Some 2.3 million of those grandparents are responsible for their grandchildren meaning they have custody of their grandchildren. [/quote]

This should completely shut down the idea that millennials aren’t getting grandparent help.  Now, how this plays out by geography and SES level, you’d have to do more research…[/quote]

It doesnt. How does 30% compare to the percentage of help parents recieved a generation ago? Has there really been no drop in the numbers? And do a significant number of millennials actually feel abandoned because they don't have parents watching their children? Does this amount differ significantly from past generations?[/quote]

Yeah, no.  30 percent in no way = “abandoned.”  And that’s childcare every week!  Adding in “15 minutes” here and there would be much higher.  Sorry if your parents don’t help out, but you don’t speak for the generation and the data is the data.[/quote]

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