The role of grandparents is shifting. They are now becoming literal "grandparents."
The tasks aren鈥檛 what grandparents are used to. Picking up and dropping off duties, babysitting, potty training and more.
New parental expectations are different for this generation. With the rise in the cost of childcare, and both parents working, grandparents are filling the role of a childcare provider. Especially grandmothers.
The same parents who once let their kids play with the neighbors without supervision are now grandparents who are watching their grandchildren on a baby monitor.
During this hour of All Sides, we鈥檒l be talking with Faith Hill, a staff writer from "The Atlantic," who recently wrote an article titled 鈥淕randparents Are Reaching Their Limit.鈥�
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