title: Seven caring functions of black grandmothers in adolescent mothering.
abstract: Exploration of the involvement of Black grandmothers (N = 12) in the primary infant care activities of young adolescent mothers is the focus of this descriptive study. Seven categories of "grandmother caring functions" are identified from an analysis of interview data: managing, caretaking, coaching, assessing, nurturing, assigning, and patrolling. The importance of the grandmother in the functioning of the low-income extended Black family and the maternal role process of the adolescent mother is discussed.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Flaherty
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology; D011203:Poverty; D012380:Role