Would you send your kids to spend the week with grandparents

[Anonymous]

The week before school starts? Grandparents live in NJ. DH and I don’t agree on the topic so I thought I’d check what dcum thinks.

[Anonymous]

It depends on the grandparents. If they are good people and kids well cared for, absolutely

[Anonymous]

We never did it the week before because we often schedule eye appointments, run last-minute "I need a new X" errands, and do a couple daddy/daughter things generally. My wife is at work, so it wouldn't matter to her, but my office is often slow that week so I take off to spend time with her.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the grandparents. I trust DD with both sets of grandparents, but my parents are very active and live in Manhattan, so I know they’d take her to do things every day. DH’s parents live in Phoenix, so there’s a lot to do, but they are very sedentary. I think she’d get bored being at their house for a week because I’m not sure they’d take her to do anything.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the kids, and the grandparents. My mom? Heck no. My IL's absolutely!

[Anonymous]

I would, sure. What is the issue for the person who is disagreeing? You haven’t mentioned that the grandparents can’t take care of the child, which of course changes everything. What is special about the week before school starts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would, sure. What is the issue for the person who is disagreeing? You haven’t mentioned that the grandparents can’t take care of the child, which of course changes everything. What is special about the week before school starts?

The issue is they have already seen their grandparents for two weeks in July and I don’t see the point of going to see them again during the hectic week before school starts. DH and I both woh and there’s still a lot to do for the kids before they start school.

Also in-laws won’t take them anywhere except McDonald’s and they will be bored out of their mind. But yes, they can take care of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on the kids, and the grandparents. My mom? Heck no. My IL's absolutely!

Same but reverse! I'd have loved for my parents to take the kids for a week while the ILs were no way.

[Anonymous]

If they’ve already been for 2 weeks in July then probably not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they’ve already been for 2 weeks in July then probably not.

Dh is saying they need to spend time at the in-laws home now since those two weeks in July took place at our home and also a family vacation to the outer banks. Doesn’t make any sense to me.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t worry about it right now

[Anonymous]

What do kids want?

[Anonymous]

Kids are 12 and 13 and want to stay home too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would, sure. What is the issue for the person who is disagreeing? You haven’t mentioned that the grandparents can’t take care of the child, which of course changes everything. What is special about the week before school starts?

The issue is they have already seen their grandparents for two weeks in July and I don’t see the point of going to see them again during the hectic week before school starts. DH and I both woh and there’s still a lot to do for the kids before they start school.

Also in-laws won’t take them anywhere except McDonald’s and they will be bored out of their mind. But yes, they can take care of them.

Like what?

[Anonymous]

If the kids don’t want to go then a definite no!