The state, condition, or experience of being a grandparent; the role and relationships involved in having grandchildren.
From grandparent plus -hood, a suffix meaning state or condition. This word gained prominence in the 20th century as demographers and sociologists studied aging populations and intergenerational relationships.
Grandparenthood is becoming a longer stage of life—people are becoming grandparents earlier and living longer as grandparents, so this relatively new word now describes a bigger chunk of human existence than ever before!
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