This study was designed to explore how the self-flexibility and the
social support felt by the teenagers living in the grandparents-children
families(G-C families) affect their adaptation to school life. For this
research, 137 middle and high school students from the family background
were sampled. The analysis was conducted based on 135 questionnaires
except for two which were considered to be inappropriate due to
insufficient answers. An SPSS statistical analysis program processed the
collected data and the results are as follows. First, it turned out that there
was a statistically meaningful difference in the correlation between the
self- flexibility the teenagers in G-C families felt and their school life
adaptation. Secondly, it proved that there was a statistically meaningful
difference in the correlation between the social support felt by the G-C
family teenagers and their school life adaptation. Thirdly, the statistical
results showed that the self-flexibility the teenagers in G-C families felt
and their school life adaptation were positively correlated. Fourth, the
influence the self-flexibility felt by the teenagers in G-C families had on
their school life adaptation proved to be statistically meaningful; the higher
the self-flexibility was, the more successful their school life adaptation
was. Fifth, according to the statistical results, the social support the
teenagers in G-C families felt and their school life adaptation were also
positively correlated. Sixth, the influence the social support felt by the
teenagers in G-C families had on their school life adaptation turned out to be statistically meaningful; the higher the social support was, the more
successful their school adaptation was. Seventh, the analysis on the
difference between the influences the self-flexibility and the social support
felt by the G-C family teenagers had on their school life adaptation
showed that the social support had a stronger impact on the lower
variations related to school life adaptation such as their relationships with
peers, and rules observance than the self-flexibility did. Therefore, careful
concern and close attention should be paid to help improve the
self-flexibility and the social support for the teenagers in G-C families
devoid of parents' care and to monitor their adaptation to school life.