Why are so many grand parents raising their grand children?
Answer:
Their kids have ho sense of responsiblity.
In many cases day care is way to high and both parents must work. Therefore, the grandparents are being a big huge help and taking care of their grandbabies.
either both parents workj or the mom is single and she's out partying!
They didn't teach their children how to be responsible. My aunt is the perfect example. Her daughter got pregnant at 15. My aunt raised her grandchild. My cousins son then got his girlfriend pregnant when he was 16. Now my aunt is raising her great-grandchild. I don't agree with it. I don't believe that it's a grandparents place to raise their grandchildren.
edit to add: As far as it just being "all young moms," that's a lie. My mother in law watched my kids a day or two a week when I was working, but nothing more. I had my first child at 17. I wasn't living with my parents and I still don't. I have never pawned my kids off on anyone. The grandparents that are raising their grandchildren ask for it pretty much. If you teach your child to be responsible for their actions, they won't do that.
Just my personal opinion...people are having children too young and don't have a clue what it takes to raise children properly.
I find it rather disturbing though that the grandparents (who raised the parents of the children we are talking about) are raising more children who will not be able to function as a parent...wow.
because the generation of people having kids now are douchebags.
MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH WORK SO MY MOTHER IN LAW WATCHES OUR DAUGHTER UNTIL I GET HOME, BUT MY JOB IS JUST TEMPORARY I THINK ITS BETTER FOR THE MOM TO STAY HOME AND TAKE CARE AND SPEND TIME WITH THE KIDS IF ITS POSSIBLE
becaus eit seems like little kids are getting pregnant like the pregnanct but not the responsibility and just hands them off. one of my friends did that. she livves in winnipeg and now her son is with her exgrandparent in bc and her sister had her son taken away by cfs. the one with the kid taken away is going to be 21 her sister is 16
I understand this completely, there is a 23-year-old mother I live with and she does not take care of her children at all! They run amuck! It's crazy she had these kids one after another, so her mom made her get her tubes tied after her 3rd. Because she knew that if she had another then she probably wouldn't care for it either. The oldest boy is a brat, because his 'nanny' spoils him to the extreme. He'll throw things at you and hits you and when you grab him to spank him his nanny goes crazy! It's kinda funny, when she leaves for work the kid goes nuts! I guess I don't really understand it because I never had grandparents...hmmm?
Because the parents don't want the responsibility of raising their own children,they get in the way of their social life. The grandparents figure if they don't take care of the grandchildren they can end up being taken away, or left to them selves and get into a lot of trouble.
Boy a bunch of holier than thou people out there today huh? Grandparents are doing the job because they love and care for their grandchildren. When a grown up does something wrong -IT ISNT THEIR PARENTS FAULT. So all you people can go to h... if you think every grandparent raising their grandchildren were terrible parents because its not true. Their kids are grown and make thier own mistakes whether its drugs, or alcohol or unemployment. Dont blame the parents. We are not talking about Grandma babysitting the children while mom and dad work thats different we are talking about them having the kids 24/7 and raising them because thier parents would not or could not do it.
Most of the grandparents I know that are raising their grand-kids have children who have drug problems or else the mother was still a child when she got pregnant and has no means of supporting herself.
There are many reasons. Sometimes parents abandon their children or not able to raise them on their own because they can't afford it. Some parents lose custody of their children.
when you get right down to it cash. my daugter is a good mom and our little one loves her best. nana that's me worked in the automotive industry for years. i took a layoff to save a job.so i baby sit when mom should be with our girl. i love my granbaby but there is something wrong with our society when nana becomes a porchmonkey cause there are no other options.
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