There has been a big increase in grandparents raising their grandchildren, in New Zealand, for various reasons - often drug related. Our child social services agency has a policy where it is more likely to place children with family members if they need to be removed from their own parents.
If, some time in the future for those of you with younger children, your son/daughter went off the rails and left two young children to be raised, would you take them? How would it affect your life? Would you take both or would you be happy to work with another family member, taking one each? Or would you not feel obliged to take the grandchildren, given that you've raised your children already, but would support another younger family member taking them?
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