Abstract
The circumstances that make full time caregiving of children necessary usually are not ones grandparents or relatives would happily choose. Such situations arise when a child’s parents become unable to continue in that role because of substance abuse, mental or physical illness, long-term unemployment, incarceration, military deployment, or death. Relatives step in as caregivers because they know their home is a more stable, loving environment for the child’s well-being over the long term than placement in foster care.
Publication Date
4-2014
Publication Number
FCS7-212
Repository Citation
Gnatuk, Carole A. and Burnham, J. Douglas, "Relatives Raising Children: Coping with Lifestyle Changes" (2014). Family and Consumer Sciences Publications. 121.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/fcs_reports/121
