Michigan Academician, January 1st, 2008
Grandmothers, Evolution and the Law. Judith K. Brown, Oakland University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Rochester, MI 48309
In spite of the ever-increasing life span of our older citizens, the sharing of a residence by the three-generation family has become virtually extinct in the twenty-first century United States. Often thousands of miles separate the generations of a single family. Should this be viewed as a loss or a benefit for children growing up today, for their parents or for their grand parents? Anthropology provides us with an enlarged perspective for examining the me...
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