Grandparental Involvement: Shaping Young Minds for Success
An Involved Grandparent: The Impact of Grandparental Involvement on Child Development Grandparents are a key part of the family and can have a significant impact on the development of children. Numerous studies have shown that grandparental involvement can be beneficial to the social, emotional, and cognitive development of children (Belsky, 2013; Gaskins, 2013; Schoppe-Sullivan & […]
Family Romance: Unmasking the Roots of Parental Idealization
Definition and Conceptual Framework The concept of Family Romance, while bearing a name familiar to psychoanalytic theory, is broadly utilized in sociological and family studies to describe an intricate and complex relational phenomenon characterized by the functional assumption of parental roles. Fundamentally, it is defined as a relationship existing between two or more individuals wherein […]