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About 200 private colleges and universities use an additional tool, the College Scholarship Service Profile, which can still factor in help from grandparents and other relatives.
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Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
These shows come as an answered prayer for Kores, who has had to leave Benjamin with a grandparent in order to do activities with her younger son, Bane.
—Alyssa Ramos, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2026
Kinship caregivers, often grandparents, take in kids on a moment's notice when they are removed from their parents' homes.
—CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
And my little sister had a little walk down the carpet and then went out for dinner with my grandparents.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
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Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
These shows come as an answered prayer for Kores, who has had to leave Benjamin with a grandparent in order to do activities with her younger son, Bane.
—Alyssa Ramos, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2026
Kinship caregivers, often grandparents, take in kids on a moment's notice when they are removed from their parents' homes.
—CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
And my little sister had a little walk down the carpet and then went out for dinner with my grandparents.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
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“Grandparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandparent. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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grandparent
noun
grand·par·ent
ˈgran(d)-ˌpar-ənt 
-ˌper-
: a parent of one's father or mother
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