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Moms Council Question of the Week: Unfettered Rights for Grandparents?
With nearly 5 million grandchildren living with grandparents, what should their visitation rights be?
In this space every Wednesday, the La Mesa Patch Moms Council poses a question and invites your wisdom—and chimes in themselves.
The council is captained by Mommin’ Around columnist Genevieve Suzuki. Other members of the Moms Council are Deena While, Linda Byerline and Tony Lawrence.
Now the question:
According to AARP, 4.9 million children under 18 live in grandparent-headed households in the United States. Nevertheless, parents usually trump grandparents when it comes to visitation rights. Do you think grandparents deserve rights to see their grandkids?
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