成百万的祖父母挺身而出,将孙辈们从行将破裂的家庭、四处泛滥的毒品、人身虐待和暴力犯罪中拯救出来。美国人口统计署最近的一份报告表明,过去10年间,与祖父母生活在一起的美国儿童的数字上升了近40%,目前已达320万。这还只是公布的数字,实际情况可能严重得多。没有什么能比这更清楚地显示出美国各方面的社会弊端已造成了多么严重的恶果。吸毒、犯罪以及财政和感情上的纠葛使许多家庭四分五裂,重新组合。现在,4%的白人儿童和12%的黑人儿童与祖父母共同生活。除此以外,由于单亲家庭和双职工家庭的增多,另有几百万 Millions of grandparents have come forward to save their grandchildren from the ruining of families, the flood of drugs, physical abuse and violent crime. A recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that in the past 10 years, the number of U.S. children living with their grandparents has risen by nearly 40% to 3.2 million. This is only a published figure. The actual situation may be much worse. Nothing shows more clearly than this how serious the evil has been caused by the social ills of the United States in all its aspects. Drug abuse, crime and financial and emotional entanglements have caused many families to be divided and regrouped. Now, 4% of white children and 12% of black children live with grandparents. In addition, millions more are due to the increase of single-parent and dual-employment families