Grandmother roles provide many women with

A) an awareness that they are growing older.
B) a sense that they are the "second shift."
C) things to do, since few grandparents have activities and hobbies.
D) a meaningful and important place in their families.

Grandmother Roles

The various familial and societal expectations and functions traditionally assigned to grandmothers, including caregiving and cultural transmission.

Second Shift

The phenomenon where individuals, especially women, complete a day of paid work only to come home to a "second shift" of unpaid household labor and caregiving responsibilities.

Meaningful

Signifying or conveying a significant, purposeful, or profound interpretation or implication.