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[quote=Anonymous]I was close to my grandparents but it was because they took an active role in my life- took me for part of summer vacations, helped buy school clothes, had some parenting authority when I was at their house, so no confusion/angst. If they wanted to feed me ice cream all day and have authority for some consequences if I sassed, and my mom complained, well too bad if she wanted to send the kids to visit grandma.

The thing with some of these posts is that parents want to send their kids to grandparents for a week or two and treat it like they make all the rules, and grandparents want the kids to act exactly the way they expect or they don't enjoy the visit. There is no compromise.

A basic rule like don't hit the kids or make them fish waffles out of the trashcan (another thread) when they refuse to eat. Grandparents can adjust to kids for a week or two, but kids can also adjust to grandparents. It's not all a one way street.

My son is close to my mom (I am definitely not) because he loves his phone- so I make him text her every single day with a picture, update, funny story, to say goodnight. She loves it. I told him if he wants to keep texting his friends, he better text grandma, but they love it. [/quote]

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