ABSTRACT
A grandparent will often be reluctant to express such views outside the family; but, when actually face to face with the grown-up and married offspring, he may vary from an indirect implication of criticism, to an open attempt to interfere with child-handling or house-management problems, in an advice-giving, or even direct, way. The physical strain on the grandparents, faced with the natural lively behaviour of a young child, may not be a serious problem if their stay in the household is relatively brief. Obviously, however, the problem will be very real when the three generations actually live together in the same house virtually on a permanent basis and with little prospect of ‘relief' from the existing situation. The subjects include residential work with children, school phobia, adolescence, the problem family, relationship therapy and casework, the three-generation family, and child guidance techniques.
