MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS

Generation families are defined as two generations of the same family living under the same roof. Generation families are common in other parts of the world. They are still not common in most parts of the US, but they are getting more popular recently. Multi-generation families account for only a small fraction of the population nationwide. According to the 2000 census, 4% of all households in the US have more than 3 generations of households.

There are two kinds of grandparents: multi-generational generation and skip generation, or parents' grandparents (Cherlin & Furstenburg, 2008). Multi-generation families include grandparents, adult children, and grandchildren. The family of grandparents who are deprived or protected consists only of grandparents and grandchildren. Why are the four children of divorce, abandonment, drugs and death bred by grandparents (Dunifon, 2013, p. 2). Grandparents often have a role of parents for child welfare policies favoring abuse and negligence, substance abuse, HIV / AIDS, murder, psychosis, imprisonment, military deployment, teen pregnancy, death, and relative caregivers I will fulfill. In addition, grandparents often play the role of their parents, leaving their children in their families, protecting them from further harm and keeping them away from foster parents (Hayslip, 2013).

Many children are also growing up in so-called "multi-generation" families. This is a family led by grandparents, not parents. About 20 children in the United States grew up with such families. With the recent economic downturn, I realize that many families are forced to this lifestyle. As with a single parent family, there may be many other negative confounding variables that affect child development, such as low socioeconomic status, substance abuse and domestic violence. However, since grandparents are usually more consistent and consistent than younger parents, children growing over multiple generations are more positive than their parents' families.