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In cases where parents are unwilling or unable to provide adequate care for their children (e.g., financial obstacles, marriage problems, illness or death [4]), grandparents often take on the role of primary caregivers. Even when this is not the case, and particularly in traditional cultures, grandparents often have a direct and clear role in relation to the raising, care and nurture of children. Grandparents are second-degree relatives to their grandchildren and share 25% genetic overlap. It is as grandmothers that our mothers come into the fullness of their grace." — Christopher Morley

Since taking care of grandchildren could be a highly demanding job that requires constant energy and time devotion, [29] grandparental involvement in child raising could have a negative impact on grandparents’ physical and emotional health. For example, taking care of grandchildren can reduce grandparents’ own time for self-care such as missing their medical appointments. Therefore, they are likely to have a higher chance to suffer from physical health issues. [30] In the US, compared with those who do not take care of their grandchildren, grandparents who are involved in childcare are more likely to have poor physical conditions, such as heart disease, hypertension or body pain. [31] Besides physical health issues, grandparents are also likely to have emotional issues. To be more specific, raising young children again could be a stressful and overwhelming experience and thus results in different kinds of negative emotions such as anxiety or depression. [32] In addition to physical and emotional issues, grandparents who are involved in caring for their grandchildren can also suffer socially. For instance, grandparents will be forced to limit their social activities so as to care for their grandchildren. By doing so, grandparents become more isolated from their social relations. [33] Taking care of grandchildren also means more responsibilities, grandparents would fear for their grandchildren's future well-being because of their disability and death in the future. [34] If grandparents cannot handle the caregiver role of their grandchildren well, this job can eventually become a burden or stressor and bring more severe physical health and emotional issues to grandparents. [35]And then you have Amy Finklestein. Tommy, her only grandchild, couldn’t say Grandma, a moniker she wasn’t thrilled with anyway. “So when he heard everyone else call me Amy, he just did the same — so Amy it is,” she says. Her husband Howard is Oward. “It’s very cute and funny.” In exceptional circumstances, the right to maintain personal relations may also be granted to other persons, in particular, to members of the family, provided that this is in the best interests of the child." [61]

Art. 274a1D. Relations personnelles / II. Tiers". Code civil suisse du 10 décembre 1907 (Etat le 1er janvier 2016) . Retrieved 29 February 2016. .

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Goodman, Catherine; Silverstein, Merril (2002-10-01). "Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren". The Gerontologist. 42 (5): 676–689. doi: 10.1093/geront/42.5.676. ISSN 0016-9013. PMID 12351803. New research 1 from Aviva suggests there is a growing tendency among older Brits to use the wealth held in their property to help younger generations become first time buyers. Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas — that's what my grandma taught me." — Lord Chesterfield