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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to record video of her frowny face and ignoring your daughter and show it to her. Explain that not only is this not developmentally appropriate for a 3 year old, but it's also rude to treat people like this at any age. Tell her she's using cruel, outdated methods.

Get her a book on parenting a toddler/preschooler: I don't have recommendations, but hopefully others will post something short and clear, that your mother can read quickly.
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This is OP. I have gotten her books and sent her websites but she won’t read them.

Yes, this is just until daycare opens.

We are staying at her house. Maybe we go home and...what? I can’t work and take care of a three year old. I can’t afford a nanny and no one wants a nanny share right now. This just feels hopeless.[/quote]

PP you replied to. I understand. She doesn't sincerely believe her way is bad, so she's not going to make the effort on her own. I would block off a weekend day to teach her how to parent. Announce it the day before. The day of, narrate what you're doing and why (along with bloopers, because you're not perfect). It would help if you read some books yourself to bolster your confidence and verbalize the right key words.

If you don't have another option than to use your mother for childcare, then you're just going to have to repeat the main positive parenting concepts and narrate your parenting to her, day after day after day. It's a question of who has the greater willpower, and it works on most types of disagreements. I'm great at it :-)
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