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Family Fears

will bring, after all. The trick is to acknowledge your concerns without letting them take charge of you.

Parents and Caregivers This book is going to talk a lot about the main components of a typical family: parents and children. But it’s important to recognize that not all families look the same. Around 5 percent of American kids don’t live with their parents. Five percent might sound like a small amount, but did you know that there are nearly 74 million Americans under the age of 18? So 5 percent is still a lot of people! The majority of these kids live with a grandparent or other member of their

More than 2.5 million grandparents are the primary caregivers for their grandchildren.