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Press/Media INTERVIEW IN IL SOLE 24 ORE

Grandparents matter, but they do not improve grades at school

8 July 2025

Article covering the study by Francesca Zanasi and Valeria Bordone published in Social Science Research  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X24001170?via%3Dihub

with an interview to Francesca Zanasi

English version: https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/grandparents-count-but-do-not-improve-school-grades-AHJLNVbB?refresh_ce

Italian version: https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/i-nonni-contano-ma-non-migliorano-voti-scuola-AHJLNVbB

Press/Media INTERVIEW IN THE GUARDIAN

Looking after grandchildren won't make you feel younger, study suggests

11 February 2022

Article covering the study by Valeria Bordone and Bruno Arpino published in The Journals of Gerontology https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0898264315618920

with an interview to Valeria Bordone and Cecilia Tomassini

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/feb/11/grandparents-looking-after-grandchildren-has-no-health-advantages-study-suggests

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The Article collection "Italian grandparenthood within the European context" in Genus, edited by Edited by Karen F. Glaser, Marco Albertini, Bruno Arpino, Cecilia Tomassini  can be found here: https://genus.springeropen.com/igwtectalian

Call for paper

Thematic series on grandparenting in Genus.

Submit a paper by September 30th 2021.

More info: https://genus.springeropen.com/grandparenthood