The Rise of the Grandfamily A D.C. housing development serves as a refuge for grandparents raising young children. Is it a model for the rest of the country?

The Rise of the Grandfamily
A D.C. housing development serves as a refuge for grandparents raising young children. Is it a model for the rest of the country?
It’s a few days after Christmas, and Akirah Carter is sitting in her living room, still wearing her Santa-and-reindeer-patterned pajamas and pointed elf slippers as she tinkers with her gifts: a PlayStation 4, a magic set, Harry Potter books. On the kitchen counter sits a plate of snickerdoodles the 10-year-old baked with her grandmother. She spent Christmas Eve at her great-uncle’s house in Bowie, Md., playing games with her family and singing “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” on a karaoke machine. That night, after returning home, she left out a few cookies and a glass of milk for Santa.
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