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Are your parents pushovers for the grandkids?
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:32 pm
I’m sure this is pretty standard across the board, but my question is, were your parents strict and hard on you but total pushovers for your kids? Basically, they went from one end of the spectrum to another?
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Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:34 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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Are your parents pushovers for the grandkids?
Isn’t that the default setting?
This post was edited on 12/29/25 at 7:35 pm
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:36 pm to SaintlyTiger88
They give them whatever they want. New iPads fo Christmas this year
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:38 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Yup, I believe my nephew has spent over $1k this year on Roblox thanks to my mom.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:45 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Nope. Both sets are good at discipline.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 7:51 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Spoil my grandkids rotten as often as possible.... payback for my kids.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 8:00 pm to ItzMe1972
Grandparents do what grandparents do
Posted on 12/29/25 at 8:09 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My grandkids were jumping from the big chair to the sofa and back. My son walked in and said, “What happened to you two? You’d have beaten my arse if I had done that.” 
But you know, fugg it.
But you know, fugg it.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 8:22 pm to SaintlyTiger88
As a Grandparent…yes,yes we are.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 8:31 pm to bad93ex
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Yup, I believe my nephew has spent over $1k this year on Roblox thanks to my mom.
My kid snuffed out $50 in robux from grandparents in one day
Posted on 12/29/25 at 8:39 pm to BeerMoney
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New iPads fo Christmas this year
frick that. That's brain rot central. You did put parental controls on them within 24 hours, didn't you?
Grandparents are fine to spoil the grandkids within reason, but you're still the primary protector for your kids. My ex MIL wants to make my kids whatever they want for their birthdays? No problem. Get daughter a gift card for makeup, great.
But doing stuff like buying iPads and scooters are safety and brain rot issues. You want to buy stuff like that, it sure as hell shouldn't be a surprise to the parents so appropriate safeguards and training can be prepared before Christmas day.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:01 pm to LemmyLives
As someone with a shite load of cousins and who's grandparents were cold, depression era people who were NOT a spoiling type..I love seeing my kid have grandparents that spoil them
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:07 pm to LemmyLives
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parental controls
Yeah they transferred from the old ones to the new ones.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:08 pm to LSUHeights
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grandparents were cold, depression era people
I had those too. My first semester in college I went to see the grandparents in Indiana, I got a sweater, a 2lb jar of peanut butter, and a $3 plastic pitcher for iced tea. But they had already won my affection by having a canoe and lawn darts 15 years earlier.
Grandparents cannot override the wishes of the parents. The non creative types go the iPad/phone route to be extravagant. Bring a grandkid that likes to cook to a cooking class, schedule an afternoon at a boutique steakhouse and a movie with them, all good spoiling. The girls will dress up without having to be told, the boys may put on shoes that aren't crocs for the occasion. But the default is to use money in an arms race for many.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:13 pm to LemmyLives
Not so much talking about spoiled with stuff but with love.
My grandparents sure as shite didn't "love" me. (I never cared bc my folks did, and I didn't know different)...It is great seeing grandparents love your kids, that is all.
My grandparents sure as shite didn't "love" me. (I never cared bc my folks did, and I didn't know different)...It is great seeing grandparents love your kids, that is all.
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:24 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Yes. I love being a grandparent!
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:30 pm to LSUHeights
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As someone with a shite load of cousins and who's grandparents were cold, depression era people who were NOT a spoiling type..I love seeing my kid have grandparents that spoil them
Mills- Boomers are stingey and greedy!
Also Mills- Boomers are too generous to my kids at Christmas!
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:38 pm to LemmyLives
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Bring a grandkid that likes to cook to a cooking class, schedule an afternoon at a boutique steakhouse and a movie with them, all good spoiling.
Enjoy being the lame grandparents
Posted on 12/29/25 at 9:41 pm to SaintlyTiger88
quote:Been dead since 1989/1996 so negative.
Are your parents pushovers for the grandkids?
The question is about four decades late.
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