ABSTRACT Grandparents have always had a significant role in family life. Examples from a particular group of kinship care grandparents who try to repair the repercussions of severely abusive behaviour by their own children towards their children’s children, is examined through vignettes gathered by myself, as the therapists’ clinical supervisor. All of the grandchildren were removed from their abusive parents’ care by the courts, and were legally placed to live with the grandparents as kinship carers. The paper explores the motivation behind the grandparents’ devotion and commitment and describes how the grandchildren as well as the grandparents can benefit from psychotherapy. The more general process of maturing with age is discussed in this context, and the resulting benefits in relationships with the younger generation considered. Links are made to the process of supervision in the psychotherapy profession and how this way of transmitting knowledge becomes part of the psychoanalytic legacy of our teachers.

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修复和遗产：当今亲属照顾家庭中的“祖父母”角色，以及其他

摘要 祖父母在家庭生活中一直扮演着重要的角色。通过我作为治疗师的临床监督员收集的小插曲，研究了特定群体的亲属照料祖父母的例子，他们试图修复自己的孩子对孩子的严重虐待行为的影响。所有的孙子孙女都被法庭从虐待父母的照顾中带走，并合法地作为亲属照顾者与祖父母住在一起。该论文探讨了祖父母的奉献和承诺背后的动机，并描述了孙辈和祖父母如何从心理治疗中受益。在这方面讨论了随着年龄增长而成熟的更一般的过程，并考虑了与年轻一代的关系所带来的好处。