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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with everyone else OP - you are doing a great job as a parent. Your most important job is to nurture and protect your kids. If the sad reality is that doing so means they don't have the kind of doting grandparents you'd wish for them, then so be it. I come from a very similar background and am struggling with many of the same challenges. In my case we have cousins who adore each other, but the dynamics in my sister's household (mother of the cousin) are profoundly negative, chaotic, and unhealthy. So we have to restrict contact. I remind myself regularly that my job is to protect my kids, even when that means limiting access to people they love. It is the parents' burden to do these things, especially with difficult family dynamics that others might not understand. But you know that you don't want to subject your kids to what you went through. Hang on to that and build loving supportive networks elsewhere. [/quote]
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