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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Unfulfilled grandparents

Unfulfilled grandparents

Nature

Elderly parents suffer a loss when their friends are becoming grandparents and they are not.

Broader

Increasing social comparison
Unpresentable
Decline of the extended family
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Limited social guidance from older generations
Presentable

Aggravated by

Childlessness
Presentable
Possessive attitude of parents
Unpresentable
Lack of freedom of movement of children of separated parents
Unpresentable

Related

Disrespect for elders
Presentable
Bereaved children
Presentable
Abandoned elderly
Presentable
Boredom of the elderly
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(G) Very specific problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Society » Family
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J5822
    DOCID
    12058220
    D7NID
    134613
    Last update
    Oct 16, 2020