SOCI 2270 Lecture 6: Sociology 2270 Chapter 6 FINAL part 2

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CHAPTER 6: Aging in Canadian Families Today ( Part 2)
Grandparenthood
- Most people will experience
- DEMOGRAPHIC TREND #1: People are living longer which means the lives of grandchildren and
grandparents overlap for much longer periods than in the past
- DEMOGRAPHIC TREND #2: there has been a general decrease in fertility.
- ^Benefit: there are fewer grandchildren so there is more opportunity to be present in the child’s
life
- Maternal grandparents are more likely to help by providing care to grandchildren than paternal
grandparents
- Parental divorce can affect the parent-grandchild relationship
- Skip Generation Households – where grandparents are raising grandchildren without parents
being present in the home
- These households are common in communities characterized by high rates of poverty and
unemployment.
Financial Assistance
- Older people provide more financial assistance to family members than they receive
- Give more to children who have greater financial needs
- Older parents want to help younger family members “build” or “rebuild” their family/lives.
Family Inheritance
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Chapter 6: aging in canadian families today ( part 2) Demographic trend #1: people are living longer which means the lives of grandchildren and grandparents overlap for much longer periods than in the past. Demographic trend #2: there has been a general decrease in fertility. ^benefit: there are fewer grandchildren so there is more opportunity to be present in the child"s life. Maternal grandparents are more likely to help by providing care to grandchildren than paternal grandparents. Skip generation households where grandparents are raising grandchildren without parents being present in the home. These households are common in communities characterized by high rates of poverty and unemployment. Older people provide more financial assistance to family members than they receive. Give more to children who have greater financial needs. Older parents want to help younger family members build or rebuild their family/lives. Wills are common for older married/widowed people especially with children, high incomes, greater assets and high education.

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