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How grandparent caregiving affects relationships with other adult children

I have been raising my granddaughter for eight years and my own adult children resent the money and attention she gets and family gatherings are tense now.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Resource allocation and attention shifts create sibling jealousy among adult children that fragments family unity during already stressful times.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grandparents raising grandchildren?”

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