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Raising Grandkids focuses on "skipped generation" families or grandparent-headed households. Collecting together stories from other grandparents and reflecting on his own experience as a caregiver to his step-grandchildren, Gary Garrison paints a compassionate yet compelling picture of the joys, fears, and passions that drive some grandparents to put their later lives on hold to raise their children's children. Grandparents in this situation have particular challenges, as they often have to battle their own children for custody, deal with pressures from caseworkers, negotiate their own health and financial issues, and address the guilt and resentment they may feel towards the missing son or daughter who conceived the children now in their care. As well, many fear their grandchildren will be taken away, which keeps them silent and isolated. This fear can be particularly profound for Indigenous and Metis grandparents, who bear intergenerational wounds of racism and genocide, as they struggle to create a better future for themselves and their grandchildren. No matter their background, grandparents looking for comfort, guidance, and wisdom will find meaning in this brave and clear-eyed book.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Author's Note
Foreword
Introduction: Grandparents into the Breach
One: The Cangrands Campout: A Great-Grandmother's Love Leaps Three Generation Gaps
Two: Child Welfare: Keep Out!
Three: The Pride of Grandparents: A Support Group Meets
Four: Foster Care: Parenting by the Dozen
Five: Healing from Broken Attachments
Six: A Family Dinner: Triggers on the Menu
Seven: Indigenous Grandparenting: One Foot in Each Canoe
Eight: On the Reserve Raising Grandkids
Nine: Dances with Ants
Ten: A Three-Generation Brain Dance
Eleven: Raising a Skipped-Generation FASD Child
Twelve: In the Line of Fire: Shell Shock and Self-Care
Thirteen: I Survive, I Rescue, I Organize: The Roaring Grandma
Fourteen: Thank You, Grandma
Fifteen: Caseworkers' Conflicting Priorities: Closing Files vs. Helping Children
Sixteen: Grandparents and the Survival of the Species
Some Grandparenting Resources
