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Video: Grandparents raising grandchildren



Siouxland grandparents talk about their experiences raising grandchildren.

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6 thoughts on “Video: Grandparents raising grandchildren”

  1. My grandparents practically raised me. My parents were in my life, but both were young when they had me (dad had two jobs — our farm and factory work; mom had health problems). Because of it, I have more understanding for the older generation than most people and inherited some of the way they did things.

  2. We are raising our two grandsons. They are 8 and 5 years old now. We finally got legal custody of them 2 years old so their mother has no rights. Our son died when 5 years ago. It’s very hard but we wouldn’t have it any other way.

  3. Don’t you just feel it when the grandad says that her worlds going to be rocked, because he didn’t think they would live to see her grow up, she’ll have to live elsewhere😔

  4. I and my husband have had custody of our granddaughter since she was 22 months old. She is 8 now and she calls me Mommy. I had 2 boys and my granddaughter is my oldests daughter. The mother is a drug addict that has had multiple children from different men. None of which she has custody of. I feel like the first couple in this video that one day we won't be able to care for our granddaughter. My husband is 68 and I am 64 now. I love her so much like she is mine. We feel like we cannot retire either. I have bad arthritis but I still am grateful in a lot of ways that my husband and I are raising her. I actually have gotten healthier over the years and I pray that my Heavenly Father will let me see her turn 20. I have put it back on her father that he needs to get his act together and prepare to raise her if something happens to us. Thank my Heavenly Father that he is now building a relationship with her. He has been seeing her 2-3 times per week. Finally he is starting to straighten his life out. I know how these grandparents feel. You really don't belong in your age group and not in the group that have young children either. Sometimes my granddaughter feels left out of groups too because we didn't socialize with people who have her age children either.

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