Grandparent

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"Grandfather" redirects here. For the legal verb, "to grandfather", see Grandfather clause.

Grandparents are family members, the father or mother of a person's own father or mother, being respectively grandfather and grandmother. Grandparents form an important element of the extended family.

In traditional cultures, grandparents often had a direct and clear role in relation to the care and nurture of children. This has tended to be lost with the development of the nuclear family.

In cases where the parents are not willing or able to provide adequate care for their children, grandparents may take on the role of primary caregivers.

In traditional East Asian cultures influenced by Confucianism, filial piety is one of the highest moral values. Grandparents usually exercise their authority on family matters, and their descendants should obey their seniors. This kind of structure gradually eases with the increasing influence of western culture and the increasing number of nuclear families.

[edit] See also

• Kinship terminology
• Family
  • Cousin chart
  • Father
  • Mother
  • Family law
• Child
  • Illegitimacy
• Consanguinity
• Interpersonal relationship and Intimate relationship
  • Cohabitation
  • Common-law marriage
  • Divorce
  • Marriage
• Management
  • Grandfather principle
• LAW
  • Grandfather clause
• Grandparents' Association

[edit] External links

• Foundation For Grandparenting dedicated to raising grandparent consciousness and identity through education, research and networking.
• (USA) National Grandparents Day on the first Sunday after Labor Day.
• Grandparenting support database AARP
• Links to Australian grandparent support groups
• Family therapy for grandparents raising grandchildren in crisis