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Reply to "S/O is it unfair for grandparents to help with one set of grandkids and not the other?"
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[quote=Anonymous]Another way to look at it is, in the long run, will that SIL/BIL who are getting more of the babysitting now also be the ones who will be taking on more of the elder-care when your ILs are older? Esp. likely if you will have young kids while theirs are older/out of the house. In my family, when my parents retired they opted to move near my sister and started regularly babysitting for her. That meant they cut way back on traveling to visit us since sister was relying on them. That was disappointing but now, our kids are all teens and my parents' health is declining and sister is the point person for helping them. She also moved recently and intentionally bought a townhouse with a 1st floor bedroom/full bath, anticipating that one or both parents will eventually need to live with her. We visit as much as we can but my sister bears the brunt of it, just as she got the benefit of their help. [/quote]
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