Foreword / Maximiliane Szinovacz -- Preface / David W. Shwalb and Ziarat Hossain -- Introduction -- Introduction / David W. Shwalb and Ziarat Hossain -- The Americas -- Grandparenting in Mexico and Central America : "time and attention" / Judith L. Gibbons and Regina Fanjul de Marsicovetere -- Grandparenting in the United States : cultural and sub-cultural diversity / Bert Hayslip Jr. and Christine A. Fruhauf -- Grandparents in Brazil: the contexts of care and economic support for grandchilDren / Cristina Dias, Rosa Azambuja, Elaine Rabinovich, and Ana Cecília Bastos -- Europe and Russia -- Grandparenthood in Germany : intimacy at a distance or emeritus parents? / Katharina Mahne, Daniela Klaus and Heribert Engstler -- Changing roles of grandparents in the United Kingdom : emergence of the "new" grandfather / Ann Buchanan -- Grandmothers in Russia's matrifocal families : shoring up family life / Jennifer Utrata -- Asia -- Grandparents in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan : a way forward with traditions and changes in South Asia / Nandita Babu, Ziarat Hossain, Jessica E. Morales, and Shivani Vij -- Grandparents in Japan, Korea and China : from filial piety to grandparenthood / Jun Nakazawa, Jung-Hwan Hyun, Pei-Chun Ko, and David W. Shwalb -- Africa and the Middle East -- Grandparents in the Middle East and North Africa : changes in identity and trajectory / Mahmoud Emam, Yasser Abdelazim, and Mogeda El-Keshky -- Carer grandparents of sub-Saharan Africa : "foster to be fostered" magen mhaka-mutepfa / Elias Mpofu, Ami Moore, and Stan Ingman -- Grandparenting in Southern Africa : what the elders see while sitting the young ones standing on their toes won't see / Monde Makiwane, Ntombizonke A. Gumede, Mzolisi Makiwane -- Conclusions -- Chapter themes, highlights, and recommendations / David W. Shwalb and Ziarat Hossain -- Author index -- Subject index