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I believe society has changed drastically within the last three decades. “The number of children raised by grandparents has more than doubled in the past thirty years” (MacNab & Keiley, 2009, p. n.a.). Some of the values that society once held are disappearing and new ones are being formed. What was once valued in society has been replaced by some other ideology(ies).
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Rielly, N.O. (2013). Grandparents’ Roles in School, Community and Families. In: Singh, A., Devine, M. (eds) Rural Transformation and Newfoundland and Labrador Diaspora. Transgressions. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-302-7_29
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