Grandparents parenting the second time around.

This study focused upon African American grandparents who assumed full-time parenting responsibilities of their grandchildren--parenting the second time around. The sample, derived the support group Grandparents Who Care (GWC), were raising children whose parents were drug addicted, incarcerated or deceased or otherwise unable to parent their children. The purpose of the study was to determine the issues that shape the experiences of this group of caregivers. Findings suggest a more in-depth exploration of social policy including that which gives more financial support to foster parents than to grandparents and which labels drug-exposed children as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) sufferers.