Grand Maternity and Grand Paternity in Child Care: A Qualitative Study in the Context of Gender Discussions
Journal Title: Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Uygulamalı Bilimler Dergisi - Year 2019, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
The technological, economic, demographic, cultural and political changes that started in the 1970s led to formal and structural transformations in all countries of the world. These changes also affected the family institution. One of the significant transformations in the family structure is that grandparenting has become a role, including the responsibility of child care. In the contemporary world, the transformation of grandparenting into a role that responds to the need for child care, is due to increased female employment as well as the spread of divorced and single-parent families worldwide since the 1980s. In addition to these developments, the prolonged life span makes the new grandparenting roles, which henceforth include grandchild care responsibility, last longer. However, active participation in the care process is shaped by cultural norms, gender role characteristics and traditional aspects of male and female roles. Therefore, the degree of participation of grandmothers and grandfathers in care activities and their responsibilities for care are different. However, the majority of research on the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, grandfathers are not focal point. They are included in a very small sample. Data on grandfathers, whose grandparenting experiences are limited in the grandparenting literature, have been reported as findings from grandmothers. In this regard, the aim of this article is to examine the extent to which grandmothers and grandfathers participate in grandchild care needs. The article also aims to reveal the roles that grandmothers and grandfathers undertake in the grandchild care process. Through the interviews with grandparents, it was understood that the grandchildren’s physical care needs were met by their grandmothers and that grandfathers took more responsibility to meet the instrumental needs of their grandchildren.
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