The article presents research conducted with grandmothers who care for grandchildren, discussing topics such as changes in the contemporary family, intergenerational relations and certain assignments of grandmothers nowadays. The main objective of this research was to understand, through focused groups, such grandmothers taking care of grandchildren, for parents to work out, dealing with this charges. Two groups were organized which brought together twelve members. For each group were offered four meetings of one hour an thirty minutes. It was found that in this scenario grandmothers occupy a central place in the lives of their families, participating actively in the daily lives of their grandchildren, providing emotional support and sometimes financial help. At the end of the study it highlights that social role of grandmothers as caregivers of their grandchildren, expressed changes in the home group, when the extended family can be understood as a form of organization in the present.
Relationships between grandmothers and grandchildren; Contemporary family; Intergenerational relationships