Research has highlighted the big price grandparents who don't respect parenting choices, and who refuse to follow a parent’s rules for a grandchild, may pay - and it's a stark warning to get in line with a parent's wishes.
Family life seems, on paper, to be massively improved by the support offered by grandparents. With soaring childcare costs, grandparents are often on hand to help out when, even with the 15 hours free childcare scheme and additional wrap around care, government help just isn't enough. In fact, more than half of grandparents look after their grandchildren while their parents are at work.
