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Charlie Elizabeth Culverhouse

Grandparents are living longer and families are becoming 'more vertical', research finds - here's what it might mean for future generations

Grandfather hugging his grandchild.

New research has found that grandparents are getting older, changing the dynamic of many families - this is what it could mean for yours.

New research is always popping up and bringing to light things we never knew to be true, but it's often hard to take new insight and know how to apply it to your everyday life, or realise the true impact it may have on you and your family. Of course, research into the online world often leads us to better learn how to keep kids safe online or decide if TikTok is safe for our kids, but others, like new research by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) that shows grandparents are getting older, is harder to apply. 

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