Describe One Major Influence on Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships

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The Answer is The meaning that grandparenting has for the individual (e.g., centrality, immortality through clan, valued elder, indulgence, reinvolvement with personal past); The cultural/historical context in which the grandparent-grandchild relationship exists; How the grandparent is perceived by the grandchild (i.e., negatively or positively) as influenced by family lineage; the gender of the grandchild; the health of the grandparent; the nature and extent of grandparent grandchild contact, as influenced by one's children; the grandparent's and grandchild's each person's particular place along a developmental continuum of youth to later life or son/daughter-in-laws and geographic distance; life events such as death or illness; or when grandchildren become independent.

Describe One Major Influence on Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships

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