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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with others that I don't understand from your explanation where the stress is coming in. Even young kids can understand that they can't always go to the playground or beach or whatever on demand. Are you saying things like, "wouldn't it be fun if Grandma and Grandpa could come see this beach you like so much"? I'm not being snarky; it's just in my experience young kids usually take the lead on how things should be from their parents and pretty much roll with it. To just tell your parents that they can't see your kids at all anymore because they're currently only having couple-hour visits and it's stressful in some not-really-clear way seems like an extreme reaction.

Resetting your own expectations that this is what is feasible for your parents - who are fitting this long trip into their own lives with pretty remarkable regularity from where I sit (I only see my own parents about twice a year and we almost always go to them) - seems a much better result than just cutting them off, at least based on what you've shared here.

Do you ever go see them? Maybe you should flip it so you can spend a longer time by traveling yourself, since this does seem pretty important to you.[/quote]

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