Not to be harsh but one only needs to look to African American communities to see harsh realities of grandparents rain grand children
Not to be judgmental, but I am not African-American nor do I live in those communities.
I have three daughters; 23, 20, and 16, and by the Grace of God have not had to face that decision yet, or hopefully ever.
But I will not idly sit by while my grandchild is farmed out to another, faith unknown, family to raise.
This girl decided to give up her child for others to take care of, while she still gets to go see him from time to time. You know, whenever she feels like it.
That used to be the joke about grandparents, they can give the grand-kids back whenever they are tired of playing with the grand-kids. This girl just found a way to get someone else to take care of her kid, because that kid will always know who the real parent is.
It’s not grandparent adoption that makes the difference in outcomes blacks vs whites. It’s culture, the presence or absence of marriage and biological relation to the baby of the grandparents, and their economic stability. Also the age of the women who get pregnant; in urban communities it is much lower than in majority white communities. There is less economic ability for a single parent from the ghetto to have adequate income. Bashing the noble grandparents who try to rescue their grandchildren is to simplistic an answer.