I raised my first grandchild until she was school age. Then my daughter finally got her life straightened out, married a responsible young man and they regained custody of her daughter. Up to that point I went to court for (GD) custody so the her father could not take her. He offered no support or wanted to do anything for her. When she left at age five I was heart sick as we had her since birth. Ironically when she was born I worked delivery room at the hospital and they handed her to me first. She is now 26yrs old and has a child of her own. She has never met her biological father and considers her adopted father the only one. My other grandchildren I did help with such as putting them on the school bus and retreiving them at night until they were older. I am fortunate that they all live very close. But now the youngest is 18 yrs. marge