Alloparenting
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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
}}
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[[Category:Parenting]]