Web resources: Grandparents

This page contains selected web resources relating to grandparents.

Across the generations family comes first

Australians believe that parents and their adult children have an obligation to support each other practically and financially, according to research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.

Grandparents provide support through the ages

Grandparents still play an important role in providing childcare and emotional and financial support to families when it is most needed, according to new research by the Australian Institute of Family Studies.

Parental separation and grandchildren

This article reports on grandparents' experiences of the effects of parental separation on relationships with their grandchildren.

Grandparenting and the 2006 family law reforms

Family Matters No. 88, 2011 - This article focuses on some grandparenting issues in the context of the 2006 family law reforms

Relationships between grandparents and grandchildren

Family Matters article exploring relationships between children and their grandparents

Grandparents raising grandchildren because of alcohol and other drug issues

Grandparent-headed families in Australia

The changing role of grandparents

A discussion of grandparents' roles in caring for children and ways in which service providers can support them.

Grandparents supporting working families