Alloparenting 2013843 41788324 2006-03-01T19:30:55Z Ligulembot 723279 migrate {{web reference}} to {{[[template:cite web|cite web]]}} using [[Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{wiktionarypar|alloparenting}} In [[biology]] and [[sociology]], '''alloparenting''' is where individuals other than the actual parents act in a parental role. One common form of alloparenting is where grandparents adopt a parental role. This is sometimes named a "skipped generation household". In 1997, 8% of children in the [[United States]] lived with their grandparents, with the grandparents being the caregivers in one third of those cases.{{ref|TRPER}} According to Deihl{{ref|Deihl}}, the [[Efé]] people of [[Ituri Forest]] in the [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] practice alloparenting, with care for infants coming from siblings, grandparents, and older members of the community. Deihl states that where siblings are alloparents this provides adolescents experience of being a parent, and that similar practice in the United States would reduce the rate of [[teenage pregnancy]] and make teenage parents "better parent[s] when they do become parents". == References == # {{note|TRPER}} {{cite web |url=http://www.unt.edu/cpe/module1/blk6allo.htm |title=Alloparenting |work=Texas Registry of Parent Educator Resources |accessdate=2005-12-28 }} # {{note|Diehl}} {{cite web |url=http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/ndarling/transition/group9/efekorean.html |title=Cross-Cultural Perspective on Adolescent Parenting: Efe and Korea |work=How do adolescents transition into parenthood? |author=Erin Deihl |accessdate=2005-12-28 }} {{socio-stub}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Parenting]]