The main focus of my paper is to argue for the resilience of some aspects of traditional forms of childcare in urban Accra. The paper, therefore, argues against modernization theory, which had argued that traditional forms of childcare would recede and eventually disappear as urbanization and industrialization hold sway in postcolonial Ghana. The master narrative is that urbanization and modernization have collectively proved formidable in transforming the family structure in Ghana. Historically, the family structure was framed around the extended family, which reflected on the subsistence political economy of most pre-colonial societies in Ghana. The traditional family structure found expression in the collectivity in the support that was accorded young women to care of their children. This practice was also part of the philosophy of the sociality of the individual in traditional family system. Following from this philosophy, childcare was considered the responsibility of every adult. Neophyte mothers, therefore, always enjoyed the worth of experience of their mothers. By extension, children enjoyed the care of their grandmothers. Anthropologically, the relationship between children and their grandparents is one of love and free from the usual strains that characterize parent-children relationship. Even so, some studies contend that there is a significant decline in the critical role grandmothers provide in taking care of their grandchildren. The intent of these studies is to sustain modernist theory that traditional forms of childcare practices would give way to ‘westernized’ childcare practices as society modernizes. Contrary to these studies, my paper argues that some aspects of traditional care system have proved resilience in the face of urbanization and modernization. Depending on data collected for my PhD dissertation, which is at the completion stage, my paper lays forth the argument that some aspects of traditional childcare practices have survived the onslaught of urbanization. In urban Accra, many young mothers from all the social bracket of life continue to involve their mothers in providing care for their children.