Among the various forms of transnational grandparenting is the engagement of the so‐called zero generation – the transnationally mobile parents of adult migrants – in caring for their grandchildren abroad. It constitutes a distinct kind of intergenerational solidarity within transnational families. By taking migrant families in Switzerland as a case in point, in this article we attempt to broaden the existing research by adopting a comparative, qualitative approach towards understanding the commonalities and differences of childcare organization involving grandparental support in European and non‐European transnational families. By taking into account the main objective and the temporality of grandparents' visits in Switzerland, we identify six different types of childcare arrangements. While these arrangements are shaped by the discriminatory Swiss migration regime, several other institutional, familial, and individual factors help to promote or impede them, or to change their dynamics. Thus, we introduce an innovative, multi‐level, analytical approach towards studying the various ways in which the parents of adult migrants of different nationalities take part in the transnational circulation of care.

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迁移中的祖父母：多层次的框架分析，以了解瑞士零代护理安排中的多样性

跨国祖父母的各种形式中，有所谓的零代人（即成年移民的跨国流动父母）参与照料国外的孙子孙女。它构成了跨国家庭内部的一种独特的代际团结。通过以瑞士的移民家庭为例，在本文中，我们试图通过比较，定性的方法来扩大现有的研究范围，以了解涉及欧洲和非欧洲跨国家庭的祖父母支持的托儿组织的共性和差异。考虑到祖父母在瑞士探访的主要目的和时效性，我们确定了六种不同类型的育儿安排。尽管这些安排是由歧视性的瑞士移民制度决定的，但其他一些制度，家庭和个人因素也有助于促进或阻碍它们，或改变其动力。因此，我们引入了一种创新的，多层次的，分析性的方法来研究不同国籍的成年移民的父母参与跨国护理流转的各种方式。