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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If she lives four hours away it's unlikely she will spend a lot of time with your kids. You have all the time in the world to instill the right values. If you do a good job the kids will learn to put up with grandma's opinions and get to the point where they will roll their eyes.[/quote]

My parents live 2500 miles away and see the kids 3 times a year. I've instilled values I think are important in my children. However, they idolize my parents. My parents are fun, give them candy, chocolates, soda, video games, movies, iPads, vacations, whatever they want. They squeeze as much as they can into that little time they have. When grandma says, "oh, you're wearing that?" or "you look so much prettier when you wear blue, have long hair, whatever grandma wants," I see that it impacts my children. Don't fool yourselves into thinking that because someone lives far away or doesn't have much time with kids, they won't influence them. Kids are impressionable, and women like op's mom are master manipulators. Kids are no match to them. [/quote]

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