A New Met Life Life Study, conducted in partnership with Generations Unitedentitled Grandparents Investing in Grandchildren: The MetLife Study on How Grandparents Share Their Time, Values, and Money, provides a hint of the contributions grandparents make to the lives of their grandchildren in passing down important values as well as providing care and financial assistance.< A New Met Life Life Study, conducted in partnership with Generations Unitedentitled Grandparents Investing in Grandchildren: The MetLife Study on How Grandparents Share Their Time, Values, and Money, provides a hint of the contributions grandparents make to the lives of their grandchildren in passing down important values as well as providing care and financial assistance.>
of those households include grandchildren.
one grandchild. Of those, 32% are providing care five or more days per week.
honesty (88%), good behavior (82%), self-sufficiency (70%), higher education
(69%), and good health habits (68%).
gifts for grandchildren within the past five years. The total average amount provided
over the past five years among this group for all grandchildren was $8,289 total,
with more than half having given up to $5,000.