grandparents

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The helpers could be grandparents, older siblings, or other relatives or community members.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

The number of households with at least two generations of adults over age 24 or grandparents living with younger grandchildren quadrupled between 1971 to 2021 to nearly 60 million, according to the Pew Research Center.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

And so, all of my grandparents and aunts and uncles, ancestors were all farmers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

“My grandparents only spoke Spanish, so my mom grew up speaking Spanish and being very comfortable with it,” Vargas says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Come to think of it, nobody ever told me exactly how my grandparents reacted to this whole bar mitzvah thing.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman