Ruth Barbosa, of Newburgh, and her grandsons, who call her Mommy. The boys are now teenagers. Barbosa is launching her own business, Spirit Care, to mentor people who are struggling to overcome trauma.
Ruth Barbosa, of Newburgh, and her grandsons, who call her Mommy. The boys are now teenagers. Barbosa is launching her own business, Spirit Care, to mentor people who are struggling to overcome trauma. ( Photo provided)

In skip-generation households, grandparents are quietly stepping up to parent all over again

‘That’s not my grandma, that’s my mom’
22 May 2025 | 11:00
Local News

Wendy Nocar was 51 the day she got a surprise call from her son: she had a granddaughter, and the baby had been born addicted to heroin. “I’m going to try to get her,” Nocar recalled telling her son. “Why wouldn’t I?” She visited her granddaughter every day for the month the baby was in the NICU, then...



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