Grandparents Affected by Adult Child Divorce

Responding to the trauma of grandparental alienation
Posted Mar 15, 2017

 

The importance of grandparents in their grandchildren’s lives is a subject now being studied widely and thoroughly. Although researchers point to a wide heterogeneity of grand-parenting roles, for many children and their grandparents, the grandparent-grandchild attachment bond is an important component of their self-identities and a significant factor in their everyday lives. For many kids, this bond is a critical ingredient to their optimal development. The salience of the grandparent-grandchild attachment does not diminish during and after divorce; indeed, grandparents often play a vital role in helping grandchildren adjust to the consequences of parental divorce, providing a sanctuary for the emotional needs of their grandchildren at a time when parents, faced by the multiple losses and transitions attendant to divorce, may be less emotionally available and responsive to their children.

 

 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/co-parenting-after-divorce/201703/grandparents-affected-adult-child-divorce

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