Grandparents

• What is the Social Construction of age

  .Ideas, norms and values about age and life stages depend on the time and context of a specific culture
• What are some reasons of the changing role of grandparents

  .falling death rate-increased life expectancy

  .changing roles of women

  .increase in single hood
• How has the changing role of women changed

  .more mothers in paid employment

  .increasing the need for childcare-grandparents provide it
• How does rise in cost of living lead to a greater reliance on grandparents

  .not be able to afford private childcare

  .grandparents provide free childcare