Perhaps it's because hanai is widely practice, and perhaps it's because we're losing a whole "middle" generation to drugs and other problems, but it seems remarkably common to see grandparents becoming parents again in Hawaii. Of course, this growing situation of low-income seniors becoming primary caretakers for minors means that situations like Jane Kamanu's are going to become more common...
Resident evicted over grandchild stirs debate
Mary Vorsino, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Monday, June 13, 2005
Resident evicted over grandchild stirs debate
Mary Vorsino, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Monday, June 13, 2005
Jane Kamanu knew the rules before she broke them: No children allowed. But what if, she argues, the rules are unfair? The 72-year-old will be evicted July 15 from a Waimanalo low-income housing complex for native Hawaiian seniors where she pays $299 a month in rent, nearly half of her $682 monthly income, after she chose to take in her 11-year-old great-granddaughter, Kehealani... "I thought it could be done. I didn't see anything that was really bad that she could do. The only thing is that it's the rules and the regulations."
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