Welsh children denied access to grandparents
Mar 19 2008
by Rhodri Clark, Western Mail
AROUND 50,000 Welsh children may be being denied access to their grandparents because of the breakdown of family relationships, new figures reveal.
Family solicitors say many grandparents accept the loss as a fact of life, without realising they can take steps to try to establish contact.
For most children in Wales, spending time with granny or grandad is a basic and enriching part of growing up.
It is estimated that nearly two thirds of all childcare is now provided by grandparents, who are therefore estimated to save more than £250m every year in Wales.
The figures, from Age Concern and the Grandparents’ Association, illustrate the big disparity between Wales’ army of hands-on grandparents, and the many people barred from seeing their grandchildren
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SOURCE: icWales
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What about cases of grandparents, who could not bring themselves to see their children or grandchildren, after the trauma of being abused by them? The abusers, obviously, did not value the role their parents or grandparents can play in their lives.
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