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When grandparents become primary parents due to addiction

I am raising my grandson because my daughter cannot get clean and he asks when mommy is coming home and I do not have an answer.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The grandparent must parent again while managing both their own grief and their grandchild's confusion about family roles.

Worth thinking about

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