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[quote=Anonymous]Yes it is. 
My parents were abusive and still can be. But I allowed them to spend time with my DS.
One day my mom said to my son, who was around age 11, that I really should be paying her to babysit him.
I was appalled - for him, for me.  
There is more, but after that, I never asked her to watch him again. I am a single parent and had to travel for work. I found other people, camps, or brought him with me.

Now he is old enough to decide if he wants to visit his grandparents. I think he’s not sure how welcome he would be, so he doesn’t. Of course they think it’s bad that he doesn’t want to visit. I don’t push it. I don’t enjoy the visits either— they can be insulting, guilt tripping me —- I put up with this for years. Decades. But when I saw they could be harmful to my DS, I didn’t see the point anymore.

Sorry OP that you are experiencing this. Your children will eventually see their grandparents for who they are. You could decide to stop the visits but it’s not easy, I get it. [/quote]

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