Sunday, July 19, 2009

Kinship Guardianship

When a child’s parents are in trouble and can no longer care for their child, often foster care is called for. But, for some fortunate children, grandparents or other family members step in to fill the role of parents.

In Mason County a support group for those with kinship guardianship of children meets every month at Mason County Reformed Church to share the joys and trials of raising those children. Most of them are grandparents, and the group is informally called Grandparents Raising Grandchildren although according to the group’s leader, June McMann, it is more accurate to think of it as kinship guardianship.

Full Article and Source:
Kinship guardianship: Parenting all over again

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

A support group for grandparents is a good idea.

Anonymous said...

Grandparents are the ideal choice. A support group to help them is a good thing.

AntiShyster said...

Free Speech strikes again!

Anonymous said...

It's good to know there's support out there, because grandparents are a thousand times better foster parents than the oversized and incompetent govt. care system.

Anonymous said...

Grandparents often can't get custody of grandchildren in a corrupt system that turns foster kids into cash cows.

Anonymous said...

Grandparents are many times the only thing that keeps a child from losing all hope. This support group is a good thing.