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Two years ago, Ma Healey had never met her great-grandson, now she’s raising him.
Kea Kids News visited the Taranaki town of Waitara to meet whanau who are bringing up their great-grandchildren.
Waitara Central School Principal Sharren Read says that cross-generational parenting is common at the school, with up to five great-grandparents caring for students.
Eight-year-old Seaton Reavil told Kea Kids reporter Arcadiah Vaughan that being raised by his great-grandparents was, “really fun and special … because I didn’t get much time with my mum and dad.”
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