How grandparents are helping raise American kids
Did you know Grandparents Day was this Sunday? Our friends at Generations United are celebrating all week by highlighting the contributions of grandparents to society, especially for supporting and nurturing kids.
Generations United will show how grandparents and other adults over 50 are involved through “volunteerism and advocacy, financial support, child care, or simply sharing their wisdom and knowledge,” according to Donna Butts, its executive director. To kick things off, they’ve released a new infographic showing the grandparents population boom, how 2.7 million of them are primary caregivers for children, and how their kinship care is keeping families together and saving society $6.5 billion in foster care dollars.
Learn more about grandfamilies, kinship care, and multigenerational advocacy at their website, GrandparentsDay.com!
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December 25, 2012 at 6:11 am by SelvaMary,I should be clear that I expcet some negative fallout for Obama and Democrats if health care fails to pass. Most noticeably, they will likely take a hit in the polls, (although as you show the ratings for Congress as a whole can’t drop much more.) And of course he’ll get skewered by pundits. I remain skeptical, however, that this will translate into a significantly weaker presidency as measured by his ability (already weak by virtue of the institution) to get other legislation through Congress. I think there is a tendency to overestimate the linkage between one issue and another; typically each are debated on their own merits, and within their own political context.Of greater concern, I would think, is the potential fallout of the failure to pass legislation on the Democrats’ chances in the 2010 midterms but even here I think the impact is marginal and dwarfed by the problems posed by a sluggish economy.
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