"We often hear one of the biggest regrets they have is that they weren't closer with their family," says Donna Butts, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based non-profit Generations United, but now "we're seeing that change as the generations change."
The number of grandparents helping raise their grandchildren has ebbed and flowed over the years but in recent years we have seen an increase because of the economy, said Donna Butts, executive director of Generations United.