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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't discuss anything you don't want to.

Make your rules about social media clear from the beginning and have DH communicate them. Then monitor and hold your line.

We have a no Facebook rule for photos of our kids and it was really hard for both sets of grandparents to understand/comply at first, but now our oldest is almost 3 and it's a zero issue. They need to respect your boundaries, but make sure you are respectful and reasoned in your request.[/quote]

OP here-- really interested in your choice/experience, because that's where I'm leaning re: no social media (DH is less convinced on the total ban, even though he's in generally very supportive of how we handle his mom in other ways).   Have you guys found another tool for sending photos/keeping grandparents involved in non-social media ways?

And thanks for all the other advice.  MIL is a bit self-centered, sometimes socially clueless, and an over-sharer, but not a bad person. SIL is particularly good at managing her (reminding her to not spend BIL's wedding comparing it to my/DH's wedding, which was a little more extravagant, for example).  I'll have tons of support from DH and the rest of the family when it comes to certain things with her (like the personal questions/unwanted advice), but maybe not others (like the social media ban). [/quote]

SM banner here again - we just feel really uncomfortable with the level of exposure people give their kids online and worry about privacy policies, things staying on the internet FOREVER, etc., so it was easier to just say no photos online or social media rather than trying to set boundaries. We email and text a lot of photos and do lots of photo-related girfts instead.[/quote]

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