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The Only One: Grandparent Family
Your grandma raises you and the school doesn't always get it.
Love from a grandparent counts just as much as any other.
For the child raised by grandparents who wants words for their family when other kids ask questions they do not know how to answer.
The Name It First Experience
The Only One: Grandparent Family. Your grandma raises you and the school doesn't always get it. Other kids ask questions you don't always have words for. This book gives you those words. In it, you will name what your grandparent-led family looks like, how to talk about it when people ask, and what makes it yours. By the end, you will hold The Grandparent Family Story — a signed account of your family that belongs to you. Love from a grandparent counts as much as any other. The output is not an explanation. It is a name.
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Sample questions
- What brought you to raising your grandchildren — and what has that journey looked like?
- What is it like to be the grandparent who is raising your grandchildren — and what do you want them to know about your family and why you are who you are to each other?
- What do you want your grandchildren to know about you, about their family, and about the love that holds this arrangement together?
- What has raising your grandchildren given you — and what do you want to document about this family you've built?
Research basis
Research by Ken Bryson and Lynne Casper on grandparent-headed households / work by Meredith Minkler on grandfamilies and child wellbeing / studies by the Annie E. Casey Foundation on kinship care outcomes.
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