According to sociologists Andrew Cherlin and Frank Furstenberg Jr., which grandparenting style was identified as the most prevalent in their research?

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being deeply engaged in the daily care of grandchildren and holding significant influence over themmaintaining a primarily symbolic or ceremonial relationship with their grandchildrenhaving no contact with their grandchildren at allacting mainly as providers of leisure and recreational activities for their grandchildren

Explanation

Cherlin and Furstenberg Jr.'s study found that the dominant grandparenting style involves grandparents who are actively involved in the everyday care of their grandchildren and who exert considerable authority in their upbringing. Other styles, such as symbolic relationships, no contact, or focusing solely on recreational roles, were less common.