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From GrandparentVisitationBlog.com by Grant D. Griffiths, Attorney at Law
November 02, 2006
Here Come the Great-Grandparents
There is a great article called Here Come the Great-Grandparents over at the New Yoke Times.
As stated on the Family Law Prof Blog:
"There
have always been great-grandparents. But because Americans are living
longer and are healthier now than in previous generations, demographers
say more people are likely to have at least one living
great-grandparent, and to have that great-grandparent in their lives
longer.
Kenneth W. Wachter, the chairman of the department of
demography at the University of California, Berkeley, has estimated
that by 2030, more than 70 percent of 8-year-olds will likely have a
living great-grandparent. It is a phenomenon that Kevin Kinsella, the
head of the Aging Studies branch of the United States Census Bureau,
has referred to as a great-grandparent boom. “We know we’re living a
lot longer than we used to,” Mr. Kinsella said. “It seems logical if
people are living well into their 90s now, and there are centenarians,
a lot of people are going to be great-grandparents.”" By Stephanie
Rosenbloom, N.Y. Times
Go to the link above for the entire article.
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