The latest figures from the most comprehensive survey of American life compare the years 2014-2018 and 2019-2023, revealing how lives were changed and family relationships altered by the pandemic and other occurrences like the opioid crisis.
The decrease in grandparents' taking care of their grandchildren is most likely because opioid-related deaths stabilized and then declined during the more recent timeframe, as substance abuse is a leading reason grandparents find themselves raising grandchildren.
It's very rarely for positive reasons that grandparents find themselves in this situation. Usually, it's a tragic situation in an adult child's life - either a death, incarceration or mental health issues which correlate with substance abuse.
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