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However, there has been little research done on the extent of the positive impact of grandparental investment on the development of grandchildren, and the results have been mixed.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

But for the contention that that grandparental care alone explains the origin of menopause, he says, the results are “kind of the nail in the coffin.”

From Science Magazine • Oct. 25, 2023

For several months, Francis has delivered weekly catechism lessons on the need to treasure grandparental wisdom and not discard them as part of today’s “culture of waste.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2022

“I stood . . . still as a glazed dog, while Jessie introduced me to her classmates. ‘This is my grandfather, Boppo,’ she said, invoking my grandparental nickname.

From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2020

When the black looking hybrids are crossed together the progeny fall into but two groups, one resembling each of the grandparental forms.

From The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics by Kellicott, William E.