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Actually this has been studied, establishing for instance the grandmother effect in pre-industrial Canada [0] ("women with mothers nearby had more and healthier
by isolli 7y ago
Actually this has been studied, establishing for instance the grandmother effect in pre-industrial Canada [0] ("women with mothers nearby had more and healthier children"). See [1] for more resources.
Anecdotally, I can personally attest that having grandparents too far to help makes it a lot harder to raise our two young children - there will certainly not be a third one.
[0] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/grandmother-effect-1.5016545 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/grandmother-effect-1...
[1] http://sacha-engelhardt.feedsrss.com/ http://sacha-engelhardt.feedsrss.com/
- crazydoggers 7y agoJust to clarify, this would be a kin selection effect, not a group selection effect. It doesn’t have anything to do with elderly helping the “community” as the parent mentioned. It’s an interesting hypothesis being studied, but not in any way cut or dry.