I quit my job to look after my grandchildren. My son initially paid me $10 an hour, but now I gladly do it for free.

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A grandmother (not pictured) said being paid to look after her grandchild made her feel like an "employee."

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We moved my mom in to help us take care of our triplets. We couldn't afford childcare, but we also couldn't do it alone.

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Stephanie Ross, left, with her mom, Monica Ross, husband, Andrew Philippe, and their triplets dressed up for a costume party.

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I moved from Texas to Massachusetts and took a 20% pay cut to live near my parents. They get to help with our kids.

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Kim Guillois and her family made some financial sacrifices to move nearer to her parents.

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I'm in my 70s and don't babysit my grandchildren. I've already done my time raising kids.

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Nirmala Sequeira, 71, loves her five grandkids but doesn't babysit them.

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Growing up we had no family who could watch my sister and me during the day. Our 68-year-old neighbor became like a grandma to us.

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A girl sleeps in the arms of her grandmother

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Grandparents are the key to millennial parents securing generational wealth

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Carol and John Mooney, parents of Jessica Pepi, care for their baby granddaughter, Charlotte.

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My family always felt different. My grandparents raised me and were older than my friends' parents.

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Nicole Johnson and her brother were raised by their grandparents.

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My mom provides our childcare, but we have different rules for the kids. It creates tension.

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Bethaney Phillips with her mom and two boys.
Bethaney Phillips' mom provides daycare for her two young boys.

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My grandmother is one of the most important people in my life, but political disagreements have driven a wedge between us

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The author, left, with her Halmoni and two younger sisters.

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