on June 21, 2025, 13:41:56, in reply to "Grandparents not allowed to be alone with grandchild (sad story)"
He’s got day camp Monday-Friday and Mon-Thursday the next 2 weeks though 10 mins from their house so it won’t be constant madness.
My parents live in FL but they will watch him for several hours so I can play a round of golf. They’re also going to watch him for 4 days in early August at our house before he starts Kindergarden.
Can’t imagine not being able to let his grandparents watch him for a few hours unsupervised.
Tonight we made rez for a steakhouse and paying with costco giftcards ‼️
Love free babysitting 1-2 nights a month. 
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This kind of story gets repeated a lot, and I've seen it enough in advice columns. Sometimes the concerns are real, if the grandparents are out-of-it or reckless. Good friends of ours are wonderful people, with it, and were wonderful parents when their kids were around.
One of their offspring is married with a kid of about two years old. The parents will not allow the grandparents to be alone with the child unless one of them is also there. Well, it's the daughter-in-law, really. The son is in a tough spot. The grandparents are sad and hurt.
The parents now have newborn #2. Will things change?
My daughter and her husband were more like, "Sure, take her!" (Or them, when the second came along.)
What has been your own experience?
Uneducated Redneck Piece of Shit60
