# Raising grandkids full-time: What grandparents need to know

> Grandparents face emotional and financial stress when raising grandkids full-time.
- Title: Raising grandkids full-time: What grandparents need to know
- Summary: Grandparents face emotional and financial stress when raising grandkids full-time. Grandparents stepping into full-time childcare face time, money and…
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- Source: Valleynewslive — https://valleynewslive.com/2026/10/19/aging-untold-heres-what-you-should-know-if-youre-raising-grandkids-full-time
- Published: 2026-10-19T16:09:17.159+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: grandparents, raising grandkids, full-time childcare, emotional stress, financial strain, time management, news, local
## Raising grandkids full-time
For many grandparents, the role shifts from spoiling and sleepovers to full-time, day-in, day-out parenting.
## Emotional and financial stress
If your role has shifted from being a grandparent to full-time, day-in, day-out parenting of your grandchildren, the transition can bring deep love and purpose, but also real stress on time, money and energy.
## Legal guardianship advice
Gerontologist Sam Cradduck said you’ve got to give yourself grace to get through this.

> You’ve got to give yourself grace to get through this
## Establishing legal guardianship
Aging expert Amy O’Rourke said one of the first practical steps grandparents should take is establishing legal guardianship.
## Oregon nursing crisis
Oregon faces a nursing crisis that experts say stems not from a lack of licensed nurses, but from workplace conditions that drive healthcare workers away from frontline positions.
## Helping Healthcare Heal program
Registered nurse Heather Sweeney and therapist Amy Ponteri started "Helping Healthcare Heal" to address what they saw as insufficient resources for health care workers in intense settings like emergency rooms.
## Key takeaway

Grandparents stepping into full-time childcare face time, money and emotional strain.