NEW YORK: Most grandparenting research looks at grandparents who live with their grandchildren or the frail elderly who live in long-term care or assisted settings. That misses most grandparents, including a large group of “midlife” grandparents as young as 40 years old, according to a new university research report.

The researchers found that 40 percent of “midlife” people, those age 40 to 64, are grandparents.

Portrait of Grandparenting by Bowling Green State University