True enough, these extended family members could refuse to help. If their own children are too self-absorbed or otherwise too neglectful to get their parenting skills in order, it's not a mandate that the grandparents need to take over. Most of them do so because of one reason only, and that reason is love. But love doesn't purchase diapers, formula, new shoes for fast-growing feet, or school supplies. Love alone doesn't ensure excellence in nutrition nor tutorial help for difficulties in math.
Money does that.
And Stark County's Job and Family Services will soon receive grant monies to provide some of the green stuff that goes along real well with all that love. Many of those who are raising a second family were perhaps looking forward to their own quiet retirement. Maybe they even naively thought their children would help take care of them in their old age. The reality speaks of the opposite. Instead of decreasing, easily-managed living expenses, these caring individuals face the awesome expense of educating and raising children in what are now tough economic times.