Nanci Olesen interviews members of the Minnesota Kinship Caregivers Association about the challenges grandparents face when they step in to raise their grandchildren.

When the grandparents raise the kids

"How's the Family?" delves into the everyday truths about the families we grow up in and the ones we choose later on. It features the news that comes from our families every day -- what we share with each other about how we get along and how we manage to answer the question "How's the Family?" -- as a society and as individuals.

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