grandparental

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• Confirmation for the grandparental generation, in creating a transformation from home-centered childhood to labor-oriented adulthood, at the same time significantly reordered a child's relations with his intimate childhood playmates and family.

  Academic text (1995)

• The spread of gift giving and receptions occurred over the period in which most members of the current grandparental generation were confirmed—that is, from about 1920 to 1950.

  Academic text (1995)

• The grandparental generation also recognized differences in the outcome of the ceremony.

  Academic text (1995)

• In general, children are named for deceased ancestors, most often in the grandparental or great-grandparental generation.

  Academic text (1999)

• These questions need only inquire as far as the parental generation, and possibly the grandparental, because by the third generation and certainly the fourth, the mix of ethnicities is extensive.

  Academic text (2002)

• Many traditions in our family come from the grandparental generation, which values storytelling.

• She often shares the grandparental wisdom she learned from her grandmother about life and love.

• The grandparental involvement in raising children can significantly influence their development and values.

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Etymology