Thank you for your post, affectionate behavior can be shown in many forms whether in intimate relationships, friendships and even family relationships. Recent research conducted by Salazar et al. (2022) examined affection exchange theory between grandmother and grandchild relationships. Results from this study indicated that affection shown from grandmother to grandchild may increase the likelihood of engaging in healthy lifestyle habits by way of generational practices (Salazar et al., 2022). Grandparents are often viewed as the backbone or structure of a family’s dynamic as they pass down traditional knowledge that has been learned over the years of their lives with hopes that their offspring will do the same. Mothers are becoming grandmothers at an earlier age, because of this do you think grandmothers will hold the same status of wisdom as they did 50 years ago?
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