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What type of grandparents do your children/grandchildren have?
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:12 pm
Ones who want to babysit and are involved in all the kids activities?
Or ones who are retired and live their own life and see the children occasionally?
Husband's parents? Wife's parents? Live close to you or far away?
I am hearing a lot of Gen X grandparents are not really wanting to babysit the grands. What is your experience.
Or ones who are retired and live their own life and see the children occasionally?
Husband's parents? Wife's parents? Live close to you or far away?
I am hearing a lot of Gen X grandparents are not really wanting to babysit the grands. What is your experience.
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Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:14 pm to madamsquirrel
The good kind
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:15 pm to madamsquirrel
Dead ones. I had my kids late in life.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:15 pm to madamsquirrel
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Ones who want to babysit and are involved in all the kids activities?
That's me and the missus. We have 6 grands.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:17 pm to madamsquirrel
The good kind
One of my baws lives next door to his parents and they never watch his kids. Blows my mind
One of my baws lives next door to his parents and they never watch his kids. Blows my mind
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:17 pm to madamsquirrel
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Ones who want to babysit and are involved in all the kids activities?
This. My in-laws watch one of my kids 1 day per week, and my parents jump at any chance to babysit.
ETA: we live about 30 minutes away from both sets.
This post was edited on 2/6/26 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:18 pm to madamsquirrel
Ones that wish they could be more involved in the kids lives, but we live out of state. So they overcompensate my buying them everything under the sun and shipping it to us unannounced.
They live in Texas, only 1 state over, but I like to visit Texas. Not sure if I could live there.
They live in Texas, only 1 state over, but I like to visit Texas. Not sure if I could live there.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:21 pm to madamsquirrel
Mother in law was the best ever with my children. My parents further away and older didn’t do much with the kids. Overall, the kids had good relationships with grandparents
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:23 pm to madamsquirrel
Don't have kids yet, but I foresee my old folks to be very involved in my future grandkids' lives.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:24 pm to madamsquirrel
I am Gen X parent of young kids. My MIL lives close by and kicks dinner twice a week and is at the house 3-4 times a week. My mother is 91 and is 1,600 miles away in Louisiana. We may see her a couple of times a year
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:29 pm to madamsquirrel
I don’t really care about my parents not being around to babysit or whatever. I don’t expect that of them.
I do care that they never visit and it’s on us to hop on a plane to see them. They travel and fly all the time so it’s not a mobility issue.
I do care that they never visit and it’s on us to hop on a plane to see them. They travel and fly all the time so it’s not a mobility issue.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:31 pm to madamsquirrel
One set is devoted to the kids and babysat all the time. But, they're inflexible and awkward to be around. For instance, the granddad won't play card or board games with the kids because and uncle made fun of him at Trivial Pursuit 30 years ago. As the kids have gotten older, they don't' like being around them. It's sad to see because they want to be around their grandkids, but they're too prideful to change the way they act.
The other set lives their own life. We could never count on them to volunteer to watch the kids unless it was an emergency. But when they are around, they are laid back and fun. The kids always prefer to be around them than their other grandparents.
The other set lives their own life. We could never count on them to volunteer to watch the kids unless it was an emergency. But when they are around, they are laid back and fun. The kids always prefer to be around them than their other grandparents.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:33 pm to madamsquirrel
My three children have a good side with my parents, they will drive up here for sporting events, but my MIL, frick her. She and my wife got into a fist fight when my wife and I started dating 8 years ago.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:33 pm to YeastExtract
The in between is the best, babysit occasionally, but don’t get overly involved. My siblings put their lives on hold to be full time parents to their grandchildren.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:36 pm to madamsquirrel
In laws live their own lives and weren't really involved when kids were young, my parents live in LA and while we lived there were pretty involved in watching them.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:45 pm to madamsquirrel
My in-laws never missed any event my kids were in. Yes they baby sat them a lot as well.
We lived close to them so as soon as the kids could hop on their little scooters or bikes, they would go to the grandparents often for hot chocolate and treats.
. Even now with one out of college and one still in college; the kids always visit their grandparents while home:
We lived close to them so as soon as the kids could hop on their little scooters or bikes, they would go to the grandparents often for hot chocolate and treats.
. Even now with one out of college and one still in college; the kids always visit their grandparents while home:
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:50 pm to madamsquirrel
I’m 59 and have six grandchildren with another on the way. We help whenever we can. We ( wife and I ) go to different sporting/ school events if they have something same day. Grandkids are always welcome here. We will ( and have) changed our plans to help out. We don’t mind at all. Love spending time with all
Of them
Of them
Posted on 2/6/26 at 1:55 pm to madamsquirrel
Dead ones. My parents were both long term alcoholics who died of alcohol related conditions. In way it’s better, they would have been horrible examples and I got to avoid having to cut them out of my children’s lives which I absolutely would have done with zero remorse.
My MIL lives far away and fell pretty far down the Q hole and rarely sees them either, given that she’s constantly getting scammed by nominally Christian online schemes targeting boomer conservative morons so she’s always broke and in crisis. Win/win really too.
My MIL lives far away and fell pretty far down the Q hole and rarely sees them either, given that she’s constantly getting scammed by nominally Christian online schemes targeting boomer conservative morons so she’s always broke and in crisis. Win/win really too.
Posted on 2/6/26 at 2:22 pm to madamsquirrel
My parents, primarily my Dad since he retired sooner, were always around and babysat our kids whenever asked. They would bring them to and from school and to all kinds of functions. My Dad never said no. In laws paid for more and brought the family on vacations but would rarely sit and moved a state away from us within a year after we moved into their neighborhood within walking distance (then complained that we did not visit enough).
Posted on 2/6/26 at 2:33 pm to madamsquirrel
Wifes Mother is very involved with my kids has them over for sleep overs brings them to eat and to the store for stuff etc. My mother is crazy and does not do well with the kids I wont let her drive them or keep them alone without me or the wife around. My father remarried and does not have much to do with my kids. Though he does come to all sporting events and special occasions like graduations awards shows etc
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