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It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC. I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom filling in for Brian today.

And to end the show today, we're going to talk about grandparenting.

If you're on social media, maybe you've seen all the flack that American grandparents are getting lately.

From the criticisms,

it can be, it can seem like the older generation is self-involved, jetting off to far-flung

vacations in retirement, or maybe you've heard parents griping about not having a village

to help raise their kids. Even Vice President J.D. Vance last year opined that maybe grandparents should, quote, help out a little bit more when asked how he would address the problem of increasing child care costs.

But the truth is, America is in an age of, quote, peak grandparenting.

That's according to a new article out in the Atlantic. The piece cites this stat.

Nearly 60% of grandparents, mostly grandmothers, provided care for their grandkids in 2022.

A 2023 Harris poll found that more than 40% of working parents relied on their kids' grandparents for child care.

Faith Hill is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Her latest article explores the pressure on grandparents to forego a traditional

retirement, sometimes even working to provide financial support in order to help their families out.

And she joins us now. Hey, Faith, welcome to WNYC. Hi, Bridget. Thanks for having me.

And listeners, we want to hear from you. Any grandparents out there listening that have been taking

on an increasingly active role, taking care of your grandkids, I know it's spring break this week,

so I'm sure some of you are out there listening. Any one out there feel like they are actually maybe even co-parenting their grandkids.

Help us report this story.

How did your family come to this decision?

We know grandparenting can be a joy, but have there been some challenges that maybe a lot of people

don't know about that you want to share. Have you

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