grandparents

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These are families in which grandparents, other adult family members or close family friends are raising children, with no parents in the home.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

My husband and I arrange to collect my grandparents Sue and Ed from their apartment just south of Sunset Boulevard, which marks the boundary of the current evacuation area.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

He said his grandparents showed no sympathy for Hitler's regime after the war.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

During the vigil, friends described how the mother-of-two had also cared for her two autistic brothers and elderly grandparents.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

“Make sure you listen to your grandparents and to Caterpillar. No ocean!”

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn