Many couples primary caregivers for grandchildren

Many new parents buy childcare books but Barbara Gadbois bought one on fetal alcohol syndrome. Her grandson, Thomas, was only 3 months old when she and her husband, Dan Gadbois, began caring for him. Thomas' life was very unstable.

"I didn't know where he would be sleeping from one night to the next," she said.

The couple made the decision to bring Thomas into their Red Cliff home without much thought. "We didn't have nine months to prepare," she said. "It was a crisis situation. We had to deal with it. That's what happens to most grandparents." [snip] Superior Catholic Herald