Munkhtsetseg Sanjaasuren helps her grandson Sod-Undrakh with his homework: Grandmothers in Mongolia, as in other East Asian nations, have been playing a key role in looking after children to free up their mothers for work outside the home. (Photo by Anand Tumurtogoo)
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ULAANBAATAR -- Every weekday at 9 a.m., 66-year-old Munkhtsetseg Sanjaasuren opens her door to welcome 6-year-old grandson Sod-Undrakh.
Once he makes himself at home, she helps him with homework and makes him lunch, then walks him to his elementary school down the road where he is enrolled in the afternoon session.
