Successful Grandparenting

The average life expectancy is increasing and more people are experiencing grandparenting for a longer period of their life. Many grandparents find that the requirements for bringing up children in today's changing world are very different from the norm when they were parents of young children. This book gives practical advice on such diverse aspects as finances, housing, child-minding, taking the role of a step-grandparent, sharing grandchildrens' upbringing, diplomacy and obtaining access to children when parents separate or divorce. It also gives the names and addresses of helpful organizations .