Research Article Korean J Child Stud 2017;38(1):185-203 https://doi.org/10.5723/kjcs.2017.38.1.185 pissn: 1226-1688 eissn: 2234-408X Listening to the Voices of Grandparents Raising Primary-Grade Grandchildren Using a Qualitative Study Seung-Min Song 1, Woon Kyung Lee 2, Yoon Hyung Lee 3, Hyunah Kang 4, Eun Hye Kim 2, Hara Kang 2 Department of Child & Family Welfare, The University of Suwon, Hwaseong, Korea 1 Department of Child Development & Intervention, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea 2 Early Childhood Education Major, Graduate School of Education, Seoul National University of Education, Seoul, Korea 3 Division of Children's Welfare & Studies, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Korea 4 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2 1, 2, 3, 4 Objective: The present study examined the perspectives of grandparents raising their grandchildren in an attempt to better understand grandparents child-rearing experience while providing kinship foster care to their primary-grade grandchildren. Methods: Data were collected through individual in-depth interviews with eight grandparents who have raised one or two primary-grade (ages 8 10) grandchildren using a qualitative approach. Results: First, the participants viewed the reason for their kinship foster care as a failure for caring for their own children and accepted the present grandparent-care provision as their responsibility. Second, the participants communicated constant struggles with their own health and grandchild-care as well as positive/negative emotions associated with the care provision. Third, most of the participants did not fully understand the developmental needs of their primarygrade grandchildren. Fourth, the participants articulated concerns for their primary-grade grandchildren's learning, peer interactions, school adjustment, and extra-curricular activities. Lastly, the participants all agreed on hoping to raise grandchildren with good personality traits as members of a society and to have them fill the gap from the loss of their parents. Conclusion: Although most participants accepted the current circumstances as their obligation, they still noted difficulties in child-care provision. Given the developmental needs of grandchildren and the resource needs of grandparents, proper and continuous intervention approaches should be developed/provided. Keywords: grandparents raising grandchildren, primary-grade, child-rearing experience, kinship foster care, qualitative research Corresponding Author: Woon Kyung Lee, Department of Child Development & Intervention, Ewha Womans University, 52, Ewhayeodaegil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea E-mail: lwk@ewha.ac.kr The Korean Association of Child Studies This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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203 Listening to the Voices of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren ORCID Eun Hye Kim Hara Kang http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0292-6830 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7181-6726 Seung-Min Song Woon Kyung Lee Yoon Hyung Lee Hyunah Kang http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8931-8327 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2221-1787 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8882-7605 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6831-2252 Received December 31, 2016 Revision received January 31, 2017 Accepted February 9, 2017