However, the courts do recognise the value to a child
of contact with grandparents.
«The most important factor associated with ageist stereotypes was poor quality
of contact with grandparents,» explains Allison Flamion, a PhD student in psychology at the University of Liege, who led the research team.
Not exact matches
During the critical early months and years, when babies should be learning about the world and making millions
of neuronal connections, babies exposed to AP are deprived
of contact with the outside world (many are constantly carried in a position where they can see nothing but the surface
of the mother's clothing) and their exposure to other individuals such as fathers,
grandparents and childcare workers is severely limited.
That means that if the parents
of the grandchildren are married and living together, they can make any decision they like about
contact with grandparents.
«The information that we're finding in some
of the studies we've come in
contact with demonstrates that
grandparents really view their grandchildren as among their highest priorities,» says Patricia Babuka, the CEO and co-founder
of GrandCamp Adventures.
Meaningful positive interaction in the form
of eye
contact, smiling, and physical affection can result in the child bonding
with a variety
of people, including fathers,
grandparents, siblings, or even neighbours.
Studies
of teen grandchildren are especially valuable, because teens are presumably old enough to initiate some
contact with grandparents on their own, and because they are old enough to draw competent conclusions about relationships.
Single parents struggling
with children on their own,
grandparents exhausted from trying to hold families together, fathers desperate to maintain
contact with kids who've been moved miles away: these make our society an unhappier place and blight the life chances
of children.
Frequency
of contact, while mattering considerably less, also played a role: 10 - to 12 - year - olds who saw their
grandparents at least once a week had the most favorable views toward the elderly, likely because
of the multiplying effect
of frequency
with quality, the researchers suggest.
«For many children,
grandparents are their first and most frequent
contact with older adults,» notes Stephane Adam, professor
of psychology at the University
of Liege, who coauthored the study.
It found that ageist stereotypes in children and adolescents generally decrease around ages 10 to 12, and that young people who say they have very good
contact with their
grandparents have the lowest levels
of ageism.
«The kids love it [visiting seniors] because a lot
of them don't have
grandparents, or some may have younger
grandparents and so they have no
contact with people from this generation,» noted Vincent.
They should never visit a site that they wouldn't be happy to visit in front
of a
grandparent, and never make prolonged
contact with any individual that makes them uncomfortable.
If it is in the child's best interest to have
contact with, say, a
grandparent, then presumably such will be ordered regardless
of the custodial parent's position on the matter.
In B.D. v. S.W., 2007 ABPC 95 (CanLII) at para 20, the degree
of contact the
grandparents had
with the child since her birth was not in issue.
[13] He considered (1) the existing shared parenting arrangement and the relationship between the children and Ms. G; (2) the existing shared parenting arrangement and the relationship between the children and Mr. S; (3) the desirability
of maximizing
contact between the children and both parents; (4) the views
of the children, which had not been canvassed; (5) Ms. G's reason for moving; (6) the disruption to the children
of a change in custody; (7) the disruption to the children consequent on removal from family, schools, and community; and (8) various other factors, such as Mr. S's economic stability, the importance
of the paternal
grandparents, the location
of the proposed residence at Moyie Lake on a leased lot at an RV park, the girls» relationship
with Mr. G and his children, and Ms. G's inflexibility.
We at Freeths understand that the break - up
of a marriage / relationship and the subsequent issues over
contact to children affect not only the parents but also the
grandparents of these children who are nowadays often heavily involved
with the lives
of their grandchildren.
Thousands
of grandparents face the loss
of visitation
with their grandchildren because the parents wish to limit
contact.
To determine the grandchild's best interests, the court may look at the
grandparent's relationship
with the grandchild and the amount
of contact between the two in the past.
The results obtained by Ingersoll - Dayton et al. showed that using a three generational approach that included out -
of - session
contact with grandparents led to more families accomplishing their treatment goals than did using either the two generational family therapy approach or the three generational approach that involved
grandparents in - session only.
The courts consider the benefits
of grandparents having
contact with their grandchildren in their overall approach to putting the children's needs first, says Toronto - area family lawyer Reesa Heft.
There are a significant number
of grandparents in Scotland who are denied
contact with their grandchildren, and there are
grandparents who provide kinship care for their grandchildren when their parents are not able to look after them.
We want to promote the importance
of positive grandparental involvement to the well - being
of all generations within families and spark conversation around what support is available to
grandparent kinship carers and
grandparents denied
contact with their grandchildren.
Grounds: Visitation may be granted if the
grandparent has established or has attempted to establish ongoing personal
contact with the child and the custodian
of the child has denied the
grandparent reasonable opportunity to visit the child.
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of grandparents having
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According to judges who espouse the «pro-
contact» school
of thought, the premise is that there should be
contact with the
grandparents unless the parents have compelling reasons to displace that assumption, he says.
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What usually occurs is a hybrid approach to balance the decision - making powers
of the parent
with the positive
contact the child has
with the
grandparents, Colman says.
In those circumstances, the parent
with day - to - day care
of the child might refuse to allow
contact with the
grandparents.
Changes definition
of «
grandparent» in laws pertaining to notice to
grandparents of juvenile dependency hearings regarding grandchildren, and that authorize
grandparents to request visitation or other
contact or communication
with grandchildren when grandchildren are in legal custody
of Department
of Human Services.
Contact enables children and young people in out -
of - home care to maintain relationships
with parents, siblings,
grandparents and other important people in their life.
They should also help them to have
contact with other members
of the family including their siblings,
grandparents etc..
41 %
of children in lone parent families had
contact with all
of their
grandparents compared
with 73 %
of those in couple families.
As well as proximity and number
of grandparents, a range
of other factors affected whether or not children had
contact with all
of their
grandparents.
Consideration
of the child's
contact with his or her
grandparents and the support they offer to the family is also included.
He has helped reunite families by representing parents in D&N cases, assisted foster parents protect the rights
of children in their care, and enabled
grandparents to maintain
contact with, or adopt, their grand children.
Using structural equation modeling, measures
of family relationships, such as a person's own and his / her partner's marital adjustment, the amount
of contact with children (and grandchildren, if applicable), and being a
grandparent or not, served as independent variables to predict each partner's satisfaction
with life.