@article{oai:toyama.repo.nii.ac.jp:00017658, author = {立石, 彩優 and 西館, 有沙}, issue = {2}, journal = {富山大学人間発達科学部紀要 = Memoirs of the Faculty of Human Development University of Toyama}, month = {Mar}, note = {Grandparents are important source of support physically, mentally, and financially for young parents with small children indeed. But at the same time, when there are disagreements between the two parties, they may increase the stress level since young parents and their parents are involved in close relationships with each other. In this study, on the basis of a role of nursery teacher as an intimate supporter for both parties, we conducted a survey on how often a nursery teacher listens to parents and grandparents as well as what stories they hear from both parties. Many nursery teachers have heard from both parents and grandparents respectively about each other, and about 60% of them have heard negative stories. Many complaints from young parents include; “My parents don’t follow exactly what I asked to do about my child”, “My parents tell me to do differently about how to feed my child”, and “My parents spoil my child by buying anything for him/her”. On the other hand, many complaints from grandparents include; “My daughter/son asks us for help too often”, and “My daughter/son spoils their child too much”. Not infrequently, nursery teachers have hard time offering solutions for these problems. It was revealed in the interviews that both young parents and the grandparents were not seeking for solutions, but rather, they just wanted the nursery teachers to listen to them so that they could get the troubles off their chest. It is probably fair to say from the above observation that the role of a nursery teacher, when supporting collaborative relationship of young parents and the grandparents, is to reduce the stress level of both parties by being attentive, acknowledging the efforts made by young parents and rewarding the grandparents for their support. But the nursery teachers need to do that only to the extent of not getting involved in troubles between young parents and the grandparents or not becoming a source for friction for them., Article, 富山大学人間発達科学部紀要, 14巻2号, 2020.03.19, Page 45-54}, pages = {45--54}, title = {親と祖父母の協力関係を支える保育者の役割とは何か}, volume = {14}, year = {2020} }