When parents are working, children are either kept under grandparents care or with a nanny or at the daycare. Upbringing in the presence of grandparents is considered as the most reliable because children remain in the house environment. Additionally, it is observed that they learn empathy, care, and forgiveness from their grandparents. However, a recent study published in Plos One suggests that some of the habits of grandparents can be unhealthy for the kids.
The article discusses this issue in detail. A recent study performed by a Social and Public Health Sciences Unit from one of the UK universities looked at the data of kids who were under grandparent care. The data was collected from 18 countries, which included 56 studies. Of course, the researchers first point out that the harm is, of course, unintentional, however, this does not deny the fact that grandparents tend to pamper…
