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I would suggest that most grandparents don't want to look after their grandkids for 40 hours a week. And for that matter, many grandparents have jobs of their o
by matthewowen 4y ago
I would suggest that most grandparents don't want to look after their grandkids for 40 hours a week. And for that matter, many grandparents have jobs of their own – the average age of a first time grandparent in the USA is 50.
- willcipriano 4y agoTheir parents looked after their kids, it's just the most recent crop of grandparents that decided that it isn't their role anymore. They'll nag you endlessly about when you'll be having more kids though.
- foobarian 4y agoMaybe the separate housing is the root of the problem. In more traditional EU societies, grandparents and parents live in the same house. This means one less set of people needs to generate income to pay for housing.
- matthewowen 4y agoIME, that is quite unusual in Europe.