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[quote=Anonymous]My parents were always very involved with my 3 kids.  They lived a few hours away, but would visit every few months.  The kids would visit them for a week every summer without DH and I.  Every time they would visit they would babysit at night and go to all of their sports games.  Fast forward to when kids were 15, 12, and 10.  Mom's cancer returned and Dad couldn't drive so they moved in with us.  It turned out to be a wonderful thing for my kids.  They have a great relationship with them and have learned lessons I could never teach them.  Mom passed away last year and Dad's dementia is progressing. My kids now argue about which one of them DH and I will move in with when the time comes.  They each want us to live with them for the free babysitting and lawn work. My mom would help them with their homework (she was a retired HS math teacher) and dad still throws the football or plays horse with them.  My kids love that my dad calls jeans "dungarees" and the shopping cart a "buggie".  I wouldn't have it any other way. [/quote]

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