For many people approaching retirement, life can seem like it’s going along according to plan. Now that their kids are grown and out of the house with families of their own, they’ve settled into the role of doting grandparents.- advertisement -
But whether because of a death in the family, divorce, or problems with mental illness or drug addiction, more than 6 million grandparents across the country are raising their grandchildren, according to the Census Bureau’s 2006 American Community Survey.