Sunday, September 7, is National Grandparents' Day! Grandparents by the hundreds of thousands are raising their grandchildren, with the parents out of the picture due to addiction, incarceration, or other traumatizing events. How are we supporting older folks and kin who step up to this challenge? An expert on "grandfamilies" and kinship families, Jamarl Clark, with Generations United in Washington, D.C., compassionately discusses the all-too-large landscape. Leah pipes up with micro-ideas.
Additional resources:
Generations United -- gu.org
