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The following are some of the headlines that have appeared in English-language news sources in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic; the articles call attention to how and when grandparents can interact with their grandchildren safely: “Spain warns elderly to keep away from grandchildren as COVID-19 cases soar.”1 “When can I see my grandkids?”2 “New national lockdown childcare rules explained - and what they mean for parents and grandparents”3 “For grandparents this holiday, coronavirus separates them from grandkids: 'It's going to be hard'”4
With its long-standing interest in kinship, anthropology has pointed out that in many places, the norm has been for the family to take care of their elderly
In varying locally inflected ways, global capitalism, neoliberal reforms, and national and international policies have often caused this care to shift onto others, due to changes in family and community structures and the expectation for younger generations to achieve financial success and independence (Danely 2019; Keimig 2020; Zhang 2020)
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Anthropology & Aging, Vol 41, No 2 (2020), pp. This journal is published by the University Library System of the University of Pittsburgh as part of its D-Scribe Digital Publishing Program, and is cosponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Press
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