Meyer interviewed for New York Times article about the impacts of COVID-19 on grandparents

Sociology Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer was interviewed for this New York Times article about the impacts of COVID-19 on grandparents.

May 12, 2020

Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

"As the coronavirus pandemic stretches on and child care centers remain closed, many grandparents are split into two groups: those who are quarantined from their families and those who are isolating beside them, according to Madonna Harrington Meyer, a sociology professor at Syracuse University and author of “Grandmothers at Work.” Those providing child care can see tremendous benefits — more physical activity, a healthy emotional life, more socializing — but the additional stressors can also lead to burnout. “It’s simultaneously wonderful and too much,” Meyer said."

Also check out her brief about grandmothers at work during COVID-19.