Parenting Awareness of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Infancy and Early Childhood

AUTHORS

Kyeong-Deok Jeon,Dept. of Nursing, Sahmyook Health University, Seoul, Korea
Sun-Jung Park,Dept. of Nursing, Yeoju Institute of Technology, Korea

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to examine the parenting awareness of grandparents with grandchildren who were in infancy and early childhood. A content analysis was used primarily to explore the meaning of parenting perceived by grandparents whose grandchildren were in infancy and/or early childhood. It’s meant in this study to have an extensive understanding of the way of looking at grand parenting in an effort to lay the foundation for the development of grandparenting programs tailored to the needs of grandparents.

 

KEYWORDS

Infant, Preschooler, Parenting, Awareness, Grandparents

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CITATION

  • APA:
    Jeon,K.D.& Park,S.J.(2017). Parenting Awareness of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Infancy and Early Childhood. International Journal of Advanced Nursing Education and Research, 2(1), 29-34. 10.21742/IJANER.2017.2.1.06
  • Harvard:
    Jeon,K.D., Park,S.J.(2017). "Parenting Awareness of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Infancy and Early Childhood". International Journal of Advanced Nursing Education and Research, 2(1), pp.29-34. doi:10.21742/IJANER.2017.2.1.06
  • IEEE:
    [1] K.D.Jeon, S.J.Park, "Parenting Awareness of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Infancy and Early Childhood". International Journal of Advanced Nursing Education and Research, vol.2, no.1, pp.29-34, May. 2017
  • MLA:
    Jeon Kyeong-Deok and Park Sun-Jung. "Parenting Awareness of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren in Infancy and Early Childhood". International Journal of Advanced Nursing Education and Research, vol.2, no.1, May. 2017, pp.29-34, doi:10.21742/IJANER.2017.2.1.06

ISSUE INFO

  • Volume 2, No. 1, 2017
  • ISSN(p):2207-3981
  • ISSN(e):2207-3159
  • Published:May. 2017

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