In many Western societies grandparents take on the role of occasional or short-term care providers of their grandchildren. However, recent years have witnessed a significant increase, both in Australia and overseas, in the number of children being raised by their grandparents due to the inability of the children’s parents to effectively meet their parenting responsibilities.This study is an interpretive inquiry that seeks to understand the meanings grandparents attach to their experiences of the grandparent-as-parent role, rather than the traditional grandparent role. The study also investigates how assuming the non-traditional grandparent role has influenced the identity of grandparent caregivers. A narrative inquiry approach was employed to ‘hear the voices’ of 34 grandparents who were raising their grandchildren in NSW, Australia. In-depth interviews were conducted with each of the participants and their narratives were subsequently analysed through the lens of identity theory.Findings from the study reveal that grandparents experience a significant degree of roleidentity conflict in their grandparent-as-parent role. The loss of their traditional grandparent role, together with the shift in commitment to the grandparent-as-parent role, has resulted in a ‘space of difference’ between the ‘ideal’ and the ‘real’ of being a grandparent. This ‘space of difference’ is made up of a series of binary experiences described as myth/reality, visible/invisible, deserving/undeserving, voice/silenced, included/excluded, which appear to have consequentially impacted grandparents’ selfesteem and self-verification processes. The study posits that grandparents lack adequate support, or doulia, resulting in a prevailing belief that their commitment to the grandparentas- parent role is not publicly acknowledged nor afforded the justice it deserves.The study concludes that both policy and practice in NSW have failed to recognise and address the complexity of experience, or the ‘space of difference’ occupied by grandparents who are raising their grandchildren, and provides a number of recommendations in response to the grandparent experiences narrated through this research.

In many Western societies grandparents take on the role of occasional or short-term care providers of their grandchildren. However, recent years have witnessed a significant increase, both in Australia and overseas, in the number of children being raised by their grandparents due to the inability of the children’s parents to effectively meet their parenting responsibilities.This study is an interpretive inquiry that seeks to understand the meanings grandparents attach to their experiences of the grandparent-as-parent role, rather than the traditional grandparent role. The study also investigates how assuming the non-traditional grandparent role has influenced the identity of grandparent caregivers. A narrative inquiry approach was employed to ‘hear the voices’ of 34 grandparents who were raising their grandchildren in NSW, Australia. In-depth interviews were conducted with each of the participants and their narratives were subsequently analysed through the lens of identity theory.Findings from the study reveal that grandparents experience a significant degree of roleidentity conflict in their grandparent-as-parent role. The loss of their traditional grandparent role, together with the shift in commitment to the grandparent-as-parent role, has resulted in a ‘space of difference’ between the ‘ideal’ and the ‘real’ of being a grandparent. This ‘space of difference’ is made up of a series of binary experiences described as myth/reality, visible/invisible, deserving/undeserving, voice/silenced, included/excluded, which appear to have consequentially impacted grandparents’ selfesteem and self-verification processes. The study posits that grandparents lack adequate support, or doulia, resulting in a prevailing belief that their commitment to the grandparentas- parent role is not publicly acknowledged nor afforded the justice it deserves.The study concludes that both policy and practice in NSW have failed to recognise and address the complexity of experience, or the ‘space of difference’ occupied by grandparents who are raising their grandchildren, and provides a number of recommendations in response to the grandparent experiences narrated through this research.

In many Western societies grandparents take on the role of occasional or short-term care providers of their grandchildren. However, recent years have witnessed a significant increase, both in Australia and overseas, in the number of children being raised by their grandparents due to the inability of the children’s parents to effectively meet their parenting responsibilities.This study is an interpretive inquiry that seeks to understand the meanings grandparents attach to their experiences of the grandparent-as-parent role, rather than the traditional grandparent role. The study also investigates how assuming the non-traditional grandparent role has influenced the identity of grandparent caregivers. A narrative inquiry approach was employed to ‘hear the voices’ of 34 grandparents who were raising their grandchildren in NSW, Australia. In-depth interviews were conducted with each of the participants and their narratives were subsequently analysed through the lens of identity theory.Findings from the study reveal that grandparents experience a significant degree of roleidentity conflict in their grandparent-as-parent role. The loss of their traditional grandparent role, together with the shift in commitment to the grandparent-as-parent role, has resulted in a ‘space of difference’ between the ‘ideal’ and the ‘real’ of being a grandparent. This ‘space of difference’ is made up of a series of binary experiences described as myth/reality, visible/invisible, deserving/undeserving, voice/silenced, included/excluded, which appear to have consequentially impacted grandparents’ selfesteem and self-verification processes. The study posits that grandparents lack adequate support, or doulia, resulting in a prevailing belief that their commitment to the grandparentas- parent role is not publicly acknowledged nor afforded the justice it deserves.The study concludes that both policy and practice in NSW have failed to recognise and address the complexity of experience, or the ‘space of difference’ occupied by grandparents who are raising their grandchildren, and provides a number of recommendations in response to the grandparent experiences narrated through this research.

O relacionamento entre avós e netos está sendo vivenciado por mais tempo, devido ao aumento da expectativa de vida da população, sendo essa relação supostamente benéfica para ambas as gerações. Nas famílias monoparentais chefiadas por mulheres, a participação dos avós tem sido comum, principalmente no cuidado dos netos. Esse arranjo familiar se caracteriza pela ausência paterna, ocorrendo um investimento mais intenso nas trocas afetivas entre as mães e os filhos, bem como entre avós e netos. O avô materno ou paterno, em geral, cumpre um papel importante na sustentação dessa configuração familiar. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo geral descrever a função do avô na família monoparental feminina, na sua perspectiva. E como objetivos específicos: analisar como se caracteriza a convivência dos avôs com os netos, provenientes de famílias monoparentais femininas; identificar os sentimentos e as percepções advindos dessa relação; elencar atividades que os avôs e netos realizam em conjunto e com que frequência; e compreender a percepção dos avôs frente à mediação da mãe na relação dele com os netos. Foi realizado um estudo descritivo exploratório e a natureza da pesquisa foi qualitativa. Os respondentes foram oito avôs que tinham filha chefiando urna família monoparental, independente da idade e escolaridade, sendo a maioria pertencente ao nível socioeconômico médio. Eles responderam a um questionário biosociodemográfico e a uma entrevista semiestruturada. Os resultados mostraram que os avôs demonstraram valorizar muito a relação com os netos, bem como ficou evidenciado seu protagonismo nesse tipo de configuração familiar através dos cuidados, ajuda financeira, frequência de contato e atividades realizadas com os netos . Pode-se perceber uma preferência e uma proximidade maior com estes, talvez como uma forma de compensar ou minimizar a ausência paterna, o que corrobora a literatura. Na sua percepção, há um bom relacionamento com a filha, havendo apenas um caso em que existe conflito. Pode-se concluir que, em geral, eles se mostraram aceitos e valorizados pelas filhas e netos, sentindo-se especialmente responsáveis por eles. / The relationship between grandparents and grandchildren hás been being longer, due to the increase of people's life expectancy, and this relationship is supposed to be beneficiai for both generations. In single-parent families headed by women, the grandparents participation hás been common, mainly for the care of the grandchildren. This family arrangement is featured by paternal absence, with more intense investment in the affective exchanges between mothers and children, as well as grandparents and grandchildren. The maternal or paternal grandfather, plays an important role in sustaining family dynamics through this support, in general. This research had as its general objective describing the grandfathefs lunction at the female one-parent family, over their perspective. And as specific objectives: analyzing how characterized the coexistence of the grandfathers with the grandchildren is, coming from single-parent female families; Identifíng feelings and perceptions arising from this relationship; Listing activities that grandparents and grandchildren do together and how frequently these activities take place; Undexstanding the grandparents' perception of the mother's mediation over their relationship with their grandchildren. An exploratory descriptive study was carried out and the nature of the research was qualitative. The respondents were eight grandfathers who had a daughter heading a single parent family, regardless of age and schooling, with the majority belonging to the average socioeconomic levei. They answered to a biosociodemographic questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The results revealed that grandparents take the relationship with the grandchildren with great consideration, as well as their protagonism in this type of family configuration through the care, financial aid, frequency of contact and activities performed with the grandchildren was evidenced. It is possible to perceive a preference and greater proximity with these, perhaps as a way to compensate or minimizing the paternal absence, which corroborates the literature. In their perception, there is a good relationship with the daughter, there hás been only one case where there is conflict. It demonstrates that they have shown themselvcs to be accepted and valued by their daughters and grandchildren, feeling especially responsible for them, in general.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of attendance at a senior center on the well being and quality of life of grandparents that were rearing grandchildren. Using convenience sampling, grandparents (N=130) who were rearing grandchildren were given a self administered demographic data survey along with an attendance at a senior center questionnaire, the Quality of Life Scale, the Well Being Scale by Liang, the UCLA Loneliness Scale, the Caregiver Burden Scale, and the Role Satisfaction Scale. An initial MANOVA (F 7, 69 = 2.72, p < .01) suggesting that senior center attendance affect the measures as a set was conducted and then a series of one way ANOVAs were carried out to test the hypothesis that attending a senior center has an effect on the dependent variables: well being, quality of life, role satisfaction, caregiver burden, loneliness, current health, and heath one year ago. Subsequently, a hierarchical regression analysis was conducted to find out whether frequency and quality of attendance of a senior center predicted quality of life, caregiver burden, well being, loneliness, and role satisfaction, controlling for the demographic data. The results of the MANOVA showed that the dependent variables: quality of life, caregiver burden, well being and role satisfaction were impacted positively by the attendance of a senior center. The results of the regression analyses showed that for each of the major dependent variables, after controlling for the demographic data, the quality and frequency of involvement at the senior center did not have a uniquely significant role in predicting the dependent variables. The results of this study shows that further research need to be conducted to answer other questions regarding grandparents who are rearing minor grandchildren and the affects that senior centers may have in assisting in the management of this new task that grandparents have found themselves dealing with.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:29:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 gilzacarla_alcantara_santos_oliveira.pdf: 875283 bytes, checksum: 29262f414074fdf01d5c1b49f572335d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-21 / Sabe-se que a longevidade humana tem propiciado o aprofundamento e a intensidade do contato entre as gerações. Em nenhuma outra época, as gerações de uma mesma família puderam conviver juntas por tanto tempo como na atualidade. Importa realizar investigações acerca da influência exercida pelos avós na vida dos netos, pois a literatura pouco tem se detido nessa fase do ciclo vital. A presente pesquisa, de natureza qualitativa, objetivou investigar a percepção dos vínculos e relacionamento entre netos adultos e seus avós, sendo eles de vinculação paterna ou materna, buscando analisar como se deu este relacionamento ao longo do tempo, influências, frequência de contato e dificuldades encontradas. Os dados coletados resultaram de entrevistas semidirigidas com 14 netos adultos, sendo 6 participantes do sexo masculino e 8 participantes do sexo feminino. As variáveis sociodemográficas caracterizaram os entrevistados como sendo casados, com escolaridade superior, ou superior incompleto, de classe média e tendo entre 21 e 40 anos. As entrevistas foram analisadas de acordo com a técnica da análise de Conteúdo Temática. Os resultados evidenciaram que: 1) os netos à unanimidade, disseram que os avós foram e continuam sendo pessoas muito significativas em sua vida; 2) os avós influenciaram os netos em vários aspectos de sua vida (profissional, religioso, moral, emocional e psicossocial); 3) o relacionamento, em geral, foi percebido como muito bom, a depender da participação e do incentivo da geração dos pais; 4) os participantes realizaram e ainda realizam várias atividades com os avós, sendo o contato entre essas gerações bastante frequente; 5) as dificuldades no relacionamento com os avós estão relacionadas a conflitos existentes entre avós e pais, distância geográfica e envolvimento dos netos no seu próprio processo desenvolvimental; 6) as características mais marcantes transmitidas pelos avós ligam-se a traços de personalidade, momentos de lazer e cuidado, troca de experiência. Espera-se que esta pesquisa possa contribuir com a literatura sobre relacionamento intergeracional e que ofereça subsídios aos profissionais que se dedicam à temática do envelhecimento e da família.

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With the growth of these multigenerational households, many seniors are the heads of the family and support their children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren. This type of family arrangement can both be a source of support and mutual help, as well as of conflicts and tensions. In this context, the present study had as general objective to understand how the elderly, who are grandmothers and reside in multigenerational households, from the recohabitation by the children, experience and perceive this situation. This is a qualitative research involving nine elderly women living in the city of Vitória de Santo Antão/PE. These participants answered a sociodemographic questionnaire and a semi-structured interview. The interview was recorded, transcribed and later analyzed according to the thematic content analysis technique. The results showed that: 1) the main reason that mobilized the recohabitation was the separation/divorce of the children; 2) the majority of the elderly women had a feeling of satisfaction and conformity with the recohabitation, due to the idea that the mother should always welcome her children and grandchildren at home; 3) the return of the children and grandchildren to the maternal home caused changes both in the physical structure of the house and in the daily life of the elderly, with the addition of domestic tasks and commitments in the care of the grandchildren; 4) most of the participants considered themselves the person who establishes the norms of home functioning; 5) co-residence is not a guarantee of a friendly relationship between the generations; 6) the greatest difficulties cited were the differences regarding the education of the grandchildren, the increase of domestic responsibilities and the rebellion of the grandchildren; 7) the elderly indicated the company of their children and grandchildren as the main benefit of recohabitation; 8) expectations for themselves involve being healthy and willing to work, while for the children they have expressed a desire to remarry and for the grandchildren to continue their studies; 9) the recohabitation reflected the preference of some elderly women, due to the satisfaction of being closer to their children and grandchildren, in other cases it was perceived that it was a lack of choice, due to the feeling of "maternal obligation" to receive their children. Thus, the results highlight the need to cultivate affection bonds that support conflict resolution in this type of family arrangement, as well as strengthen intergenerational relationships. / O aumento da longevidade humana está acarretando a maior possibilidade de convivência entre as gerações de uma mesma família. Muitas vezes, devido a diversos fatores que serão apresentados ao longo desta dissertação, tem aumentado também o número de filhos que voltam a morar no lar paterno, trazendo seus próprios filhos, fenômeno denominado recoabitação. Com o crescimento desses lares multigeracionais, muitos idosos são os chefes da família e sustentam seus filhos, netos e até bisnetos. Este tipo de arranjo tanto pode ser fonte de apoio e ajuda mútua, como de conflitos e tensões. Neste contexto, o presente estudo teve como objetivo geral compreender como idosas, que são avós e residem em lares multigeracionais, a partir da recoabitação por parte dos filhos, vivenciam e percebem essa situação. Trata-se de uma pesquisa de natureza qualitativa da qual participaram nove idosas residentes no município de Vitória de Santo Antão/PE. Essas participantes responderam a um questionário sociodemográfico e a uma entrevista semiestruturada. A entrevista foi gravada, transcrita e, posteriormente, analisada segundo a técnica de análise de conteúdo temática. Os resultados apontaram que: 1) o principal motivo que mobilizou a recoabitação foi a separação/divórcio dos filhos; 2) a maioria das idosas nutria um sentimento de satisfação e conformidade com a recoabitação, devido à ideia de que a mãe deve sempre acolher seus filhos e netos; 3) a volta dos filhos e netos à casa materna ocasionou mudanças tanto na estrutura física da casa, como no dia a dia das idosas, com o acréscimo de afazeres domésticos e de compromissos no cuidado dos netos; 4) grande parte das participantes se considerou a pessoa que estabelece as normas de funcionamento do lar; 5) a corresidência não é garantia de uma relação amistosa entre as gerações; 6) as maiores dificuldades citadas foram as divergências no que se refere à educação dos netos, ao aumento de responsabilidades domésticas e à rebeldia dos netos; 7) as idosas indicaram a companhia dos filhos e netos como o principal benefício da recoabitação; 8) as expectativas em relação a si mesmas envolvem ter saúde e disposição para trabalhar, enquanto para os filhos apresentaram o desejo de que eles se casem novamente e que os netos continuem os estudos; 9) a recoabitação refletiu a preferência de algumas idosas, devido à satisfação de estar mais próxima dos seus filhos e netos, já em outros casos percebeu-se que a corresidência foi uma falta de opção, diante do sentimento de “obrigação materna” de acolher seu filho. Desse modo, os resultados evidenciam a necessidade de se cultivar laços de afetividade que deem suporte para a solução de conflitos nesse tipo de arranjo familiar, bem como fortaleçam as relações intergeracionais.

[pt] Delicadezas, afetos, infâncias: avós, netos e suas histórias teve como objetivo geral analisar os sentidos construídos sobre infância a partir das narrativas de avós, avôs, netas e netos com fortes vínculos. A pesquisa trata da infância nessa relação intergeracional, compreendendo-a não apenas como etapa da vida, mas também como dimensão humana, que pode nos atravessar em qualquer idade. Investigou se e como a relação entre avós/avôs e netas/os fortemente vinculados é potente para reanimar infâncias em adultos e crianças. Walter Benjamin e Martin Buber foram os principais interlocutores teóricos, além de estudiosos de suas obras e autoras/es de diferentes áreas. Com as contribuições da antropologia, em especial de Tim Ingold, sua metodologia consistiu, principalmente, em compartilhar presença, importar-se, deixarse afetar e aprender. Participaram da pesquisa sete avós e três avôs, entre cinquenta e um e setenta e um anos de idade, moradores da cidade do Rio de Janeiro e um de Niterói. E seis de seus netos, entre cinco e doze anos de idade, moradores das seguintes cidades: Rio de Janeiro, Niterói, Brasília e Montevideo/Uruguai. O critério de escolha foi o de familiaridade, a partir de indicações de avós e avôs com fortes vínculos construídos com suas netas e netos de até doze anos de idade. Em decorrência da pandemia de Covid-19, contexto deste estudo e tema das narrativas das/os participantes, o trabalho de campo foi realizado, entre maio e dezembro de 2020, através de interações por meios digitais – plataforma Zoom e aplicativo WhatsApp. Com as avós e os avôs, foram planejados encontros individuais. Já com os netos, a conversa foi coletiva. Emergem das narrativas as categorias infância e tempo, infância e vínculo, infância e autoridade, infância e cuidado, e são elas que orientam a apresentação da pesquisa, as análises e as conclusões. / [en] Delicacies, affections, childhoods: grandparents, grandchildren and their stories had as general objective to analyze meanings built about childhood from narratives of grandmothers/grandfathers and grandchildren who have strong bonds with each other. The research deals with childhood in this intergenerational relationship, understanding it not only as a stage of life, but also as a human dimension, which can meet us at any age. It investigated if and how the relationship between grandmothers/grandfathers and grandchildren is potent to revive childhoods in adults and children. Walter Benjamin and Martin Buber were the main theoretical interlocutors, as well as scholars of their works and authors from different areas. With contributions from anthropology, especially from Tim Ingold, its methodology consisted mainly in sharing presence, caring, letting oneself be affected and learning. Seven grandmothers and three grandfathers participated in the research, between fiftyone and seventy-one years of age, residents of the city of Rio de Janeiro and one from Niterói. And six of his grandchildren, aged between five and twelve, live in the following cities: Rio de Janeiro, Niterói, Brasília and Montevideo/Uruguay. The criterion for choosing was familiarity, based on indications from grandmothers and grandfathers with strong bonds built with their grandchildren up to twelve years old. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the context of this study and the theme of the participants narratives, the fieldwork was carried out between May and December 2020, through interactions on digital means - Zoom platform and WhatsApp application. With the grandmothers and grandfathers, individual meetings were planned. With the grandchildren, conversation was collective. The categories childhood and time, childhood and bonding, childhood and authority, childhood and care emerge from the narratives, and they guide the presentation of the research, the analysis and the conclusions.

The subject of the presented thesis focuses on foster care exercised by children´s relatives. The target is to ascertain possible different roles in kinship foster care and different attitudes to the aforementioned, record the experience of kinship care givers, their viewing and experiencing of childcare. I wanted to know if fostering had brought any positives into their lives and on the other hand if there are any negatives related to such care. The theoretic part of my thesis describes the history of foster care in different periods, explains the terms like family, social role and attachment. Furthermore, particular forms of foster care are explained and foster care exercised by children´s relatives is described in more details. Attention is also paid to the relationship and contact between a child and his/her parents. The Authority for social and legal protection of children (OSPOD in Czech) has an essential role in foster care together with assisting organizations, which are described in the last chapter of the theoretic part. I used qualitative methodology for research purposes and semi-structured interviews for collection of data. The research file contained eight respondents which were selected based on simple purpuseful sampling. The research file consisted of foster parents caring for children of their relatives. I determined reasons why the children had been placed into foster care, how the foster parents experience such care and how they view it themselves. The results of the interview analysis helped me to uncover and understand the basis of kinship foster care. According to similar signs, they were divided into several areas. The first area focused on the reasons why the child had been placed into kinship foster care. The main reasons included various types of addictions, child neglect, failure to provide suitable housing or lack of interest in the child. The second area related to the feelings of foster mothers when accepting the child. Their decision-making process is described here, including their motivation and fears related to fostering. In most cases, foster mothers had enough time for making their decisions on fostering. Half of the foster mothers found it natural; the other half had ambivalent feelings for it. The third area is dedicated to changes in wider personal relationships and relationships in the family, in particular, to the impact of foster care on relations between partners and the potential influence on the relationship of foster parents with their own children. Relations with biologic children of the foster parents had an important role as well. The fourth area includes basic characteristics of childcare. Most foster mothers noticed significant changes in their lives. Foster care had a negative impact on the quality of their lives but it principally became a source of vitality and optimism for them. Foster mothers faced problem situations related to intergenerational differences, behaviour of children and problems at school. They also worried often about the future of their foster children. Some foster mothers accepted the role of a mother that predominated over their other life roles. Others had no problems in separating their roles and shifting from one role to another. Most conflicts in the role appeared when the child was fostered by his/her grandmother. The last area contains conditions that have helped foster mothers to reduce the burden of foster care. Foster mothers appreciated help of their families, which they preferred, and sufficient financial security. They gladly accepted the help of assisting organizations and the services offered by them. Mandatory education and the possibility to share their experience with other foster parents were of great importance too.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / As avós que assumem a criação de netos constituem um fenômeno cada vez mais frequente nas famílias da atualidade. O presente trabalho teve por objetivo investigar as percepções e vivências das avós guardiãs, frente à criação de seus netos em uma comunidade de baixa renda da cidade de Recife/PE. Especificamente pretendeu-se analisar os motivos que acarretam esta situação, bem como as relações estabelecidas entre as partes, além de caracterizar os sentimentos experimentados pelas avós no papel de guardiãs, e suas expectativas para o futuro. Participaram do estudo 10 avós que cuidavam dos netos em tempo integral, todas residentes na comunidade do Coque. Elas estavam na faixa etária entre 48 e 81 anos e possuíam escolaridade baixa e renda inferior a um salário mínimo. Foi utilizado um roteiro de entrevista, analisado de acordo com a técnica da Análise de Conteúdo Temática. Os dados obtidos no presente estudo mostram o seguinte: 1) os principais motivos que levaram as avós a assumir a criação dos netos estiveram relacionados à gravidez na adolescência, separação dos pais, dependência química e violência; 2) o papel de mãe desses netos sobrepõe-se ao de avó e os dados demonstram que ainda prevalece na sociedade a ideia de que uma mulher é quem deve preferencialmente assumir a criação das crianças; 3) apesar de relatarem cansaço, doenças e dificuldades financeiras, as avós nutrem, em sua grande maioria, sentimentos de bem querer, de amor e dedicação especial pelos netos que criam a ponto de não aceitarem que eles as deixem; 4) as maiores dificuldades citadas foram as financeiras, como a escolaridade e estabelecimento de limites, bem como o receio de que os netos envolvam-se em comportamentos de risco; 5) as expectativas para si mesmas é ter sossego e descansar, enquanto para os netos é que estudem, trabalhem e sejam pessoas de bem. Quanto aos relatos direcionados à comunidade em que vivem ficou evidenciado que, apesar de a acharem violenta e um lugar difícil para criar netos, com diversas limitações de infraestrutura e moradia, elas gostam do lugar. / The grandparents who take the creation of grandchildren are an increasingly common phenomenon in today's families. This study aimed to investigate the perceptions and experiences of guardians grandparents, opposite the creation of his grandchildren in a low income community in Recife / PE. A specific objective is to analyze the reasons that cause this situation as well as the relations between the parties, and to characterize the feelings experienced by grandparents in the role of guardian, and their expectations for the future. Study participants were 10 grandparents who cared for their grandchildren full time, all residents of the community Coque. They were aged between 48 and 81 years and had low education and income less than the minimum wage. An interview script, analyzed according to the technique of thematic content analysis was used. The data obtained in this study show the following: 1) the main reasons why the grandparents to take with grandchildren were related to teenage pregnancy, parents' divorce, substance abuse and violence; 2) the role of mother of these grandchildren overlaps the grandmother and the data show that still prevails in society the idea that a woman is who should preferably take the rearing of children; 3) despite reporting fatigue, illness and financial difficulties, grandmothers nourish, mostly, feelings and want to, love and special dedication by grandchildren who create the point of not accepting that they leave them; 4) the main difficulties cited were financial, with education and establishment of limits, and the fear that the grandchildren engage in risky behaviors; 5) expectations for themselves is to have peace and rest while for the grandchildren is to study, work and be good people. As for reports directed to the community in which they live was evident that, despite the violent and think a difficult place to raise grandchildren, with several limitations of infrastructure and housing, they like the place.