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[quote=Anonymous]My mom used to be like that and I found that letting her do a few things even if I found it silly really curbed her behavior.  For instance 
"I don't like the clothes DS is wearing.  He should really wear X and Y"  "Ok mom if you want to change him that is fine with me."

"his hair is too wet, you really need to dry it."  "ok, I think it is fine but if you think it is wet, you can try to dry it some more"

And mix that with you having a stance

"You shoudl change his shirt.  That looks uncomfortable"  "well mom, he dressed himself and we are trying to promote independence.  If it is uncomfortable, he'll ask for some help fixing it"

"He likes X for dinner.  WHy are you feeding him Y when we have X here?"   "I want him to try different foods.  He also likes X so that is what I want him to have for dinner."

By giving her some power, she has backed off A LOT because she feels like she gets a say in some things.  DS and I have been living with my parents for 4 months while DH wraps up things abroad before moving back (we had to move back because I had a health issue that had to be addressed here).  [/quote]

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