Economy sends more kids to grandma's house

[seabeyond]

"I thought that I'd be the grandmother visiting the kids," she said. "I thought I'd be the one saying (to the children), 'You need to go back with grandmother,' " she said, "I'd be visiting once a week instead of dedicating myself to buying diapers," she said, allowing a brief laugh. "Not feeding them."

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Recent statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau show that in the past two decades, the number of children living with a grandparent has risen 64%.

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"There are a core number of people who are themselves older and some of them are really struggling in trying to provide for their grandchildren," she said. "But in looking at the numbers, only about a third of the grandparents responsible for grandchildren are over 60. The rest of them are into their 40s and so on," Mutchler said

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"A lot of the services (we provide) are focused on the youth," he said of social programs offered in New York. "With most young people you have this opportunity from 18 to 26 to help them get into gainful employment, otherwise you're going to have a difficult time. If you're 27 it's going to be hard. We operate in this window, in college and careers, so a lot of the services are focused on them."

http://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/07/28/grandfamilies.census.rise/index.html?hpt=hp_bn8

[Raschel]

1. What's going to happen when grandma can't afford her own place anymore?

[bluestate10]

3. Chaos. nt

[bluestate10]

2. Grandparents. Stable incomes. Because of SS and MC. Republicans

want to gut those programs. Where will children go then? My guess is to crime and one day those 1%'ers that don't want to pay their fail share of taxes to help fund society will see those once children's angry faces moments before the 1%'er life is snuffed out.

[Raschel]

4. All of the teabaggers and freepers are jeering and giddy now. But remember, they are the q-tip crowd

Wait until they see what their hatred has wrought. It's called cutting off your nose to spite your face.

[raccoon]

5. "the q-tip crowd?" Elucidate, my dear Watson. nt

[Raschel]

6. Mostly old white-haired White people.

:hi:

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. Current seniors still have the most resources - money, equity, retirement - the next generation

won't have squat.