The Role of Grandparents in Divorced and Separated Families

Coalescence of Different Supports No it actually helped the relationship…We nearly became friends after it…[following] the break up, she wouldn’t even Divorced or separated son’s or daughter’s relationship with siblings The Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship Characteristics of the relationship between custodial parent and grandparent Confidant: Providing affirmation and support Grandparents as care-givers Custodial grandparents Grandparents’ Ability to Understand and Contextualise Legal Decisions Centrality of grandparents’ supportive roles in the post-separation context