《黑人时的祖母》探讨了父母的父母如何抚养下一代。 'Grandmothering While Black' explores how parents' parents are navigating raising the next generation.

拉肖恩达·皮特曼 (LaShawnDa Pittman) 的著作《黑人祖母：二十一世纪的爱、强制和生存的故事》探讨了当代黑人祖母在当今景观中的角色。 LaShawnDa Pittman's book "Grandmothering While Black: A Twenty-First Century Story of Love, Coercion and Survival" explores the role of contemporary Black grandmothers in today's landscape. 皮特曼是华盛顿大学美国种族研究副教授，四年来，通过深入访谈和民族志研究，收集了芝加哥南区近 100 名女性的数据。 Pittman, an associate professor of American ethnic studies at the University of Washington, collected data from nearly 100 women on Chicago's South Side for four years, using in-depth interviews and ethnographic research. 这些妇女是黑人祖母，抚养着任意数量的孩子，形成了只有祖父母和孙子女的隔代家庭。 The women are Black grandmothers raising any number of their children's offspring, creating skipped generation households consisting of only grandparents and grandchildren.