{"id":4283,"date":"2018-10-17T18:09:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T18:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=4283"},"modified":"2024-05-09T03:33:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T03:33:08","slug":"benefits-of-grandparents-who-help-raise-grandchildren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/benefits-of-grandparents-who-help-raise-grandchildren\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Grandparents Who Help Raise Grandchildren"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Studies have shown that raising grandchildren can be mutually beneficial.\u00a0 Grandparents provide a stable, safe, loving and fun environment for their grandchildren and the closeness between grandchildren and grandparents may keep older adults sharp, ward off depression, boost social connections, and solidify an important family relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Some positive results of grandparents caring for their grandchildren are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Peace of mind<\/strong> \u2013 Parents know that their children are with those who love them and are giving them the time an attention their parents can\u2019t while at work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Financial<\/strong> \u2013 Childcare is expensive. Parents may be able to save in lieu of paying the high cost of childcare.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flexibility<\/strong> \u2013 If the parents are called in to work on an off day, grandparents are generally ready, willing and able to take on whatever was planned for that day.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Health<\/strong> \u2013 Many grandparents feel that their grandchildren keep them fit and to a grandchild no one can fix a cut or scrape better than a grandparent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wisdom<\/strong> \u2013 Grandparents can impart great wisdom to your child in a way that is much more absorbable than if a parent tries to impart that same wisdom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Having grandparents help raise your children is a mostly \u201cpro\u201d scenario, but no situation is a perfect one.\u00a0 Always have a childcare plan \u201cB\u201d in place in case Grandma and Grandpa need a day off.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">All content of this newsletter is intended for general information purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Please consult a medical professional before adopting any of the suggestions on this page.   You must never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment based upon any content of this newsletter.<strong>  PROMPTLY CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CALL 911 IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studies have shown that raising grandchildren can be mutually beneficial.\u00a0 Grandparents provide a stable, safe, loving and fun environment for their grandchildren and the closeness between grandchildren and grandparents may keep older adults sharp, ward off depression, boost social connections, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/benefits-of-grandparents-who-help-raise-grandchildren\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,617],"tags":[1580,1581],"class_list":["post-4283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-parenting","tag-grandparentcaregiver","tag-raisinggrandkids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4283"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8746,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4283\/revisions\/8746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}