TY - JOUR
T1 - Grandmother caregiver-in-chief continues the tradition of African American Families
AU - Gibson, Priscilla A.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Grandmother caregiving in African American communities is a tradition used across social classes and circumstances of adult children and grandchildren. Yet, in the literature, it is viewed as a strategy used when the well-being of children is in jeopardy, families have low-incomes and limited resources, and parents are experiencing social problems. However, Mrs. Marian Shields Robinson is serving as a grandmother caregiver to the first African American First Family in the White House. This article provides an expanded view on the variations of grandmother caregiving by critically analyzing it and Mrs. Robinson’s role to provide social workers with four implications for practice.
AB - Grandmother caregiving in African American communities is a tradition used across social classes and circumstances of adult children and grandchildren. Yet, in the literature, it is viewed as a strategy used when the well-being of children is in jeopardy, families have low-incomes and limited resources, and parents are experiencing social problems. However, Mrs. Marian Shields Robinson is serving as a grandmother caregiver to the first African American First Family in the White House. This article provides an expanded view on the variations of grandmother caregiving by critically analyzing it and Mrs. Robinson’s role to provide social workers with four implications for practice.
KW - Affluent African American families
KW - Supplemental caregiving
KW - The Obamas
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U2 - 10.1177/0886109913519794
DO - 10.1177/0886109913519794
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84927709778
SN - 0886-1099
VL - 29
SP - 298
EP - 309
JO - Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work
JF - Affilia - Journal of Women and Social Work
IS - 3
ER -