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Cara Anthony

In this Jan. 29, 2016, photo, Debra Aldridge, right, continues to make dinner as her grandson Mario Hendricks talks to a cousin about being able to go to a sleep-over at the cousin's home, at her home on Chicago's South Side. Nationwide, there are 2.7 million grandparents raising grandchildren. About a fifth have incomes that fall below the poverty line, according the Census figures. More grandparents are taking on the role of parents for their grandkids, as social service agencies try to place foster children in so-called kinship families. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) (AP)

“Staying away from grandma” isn’t an option in multigenerational homes

Cara Anthony