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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all giving OP are hard time about whatever arrangement she’s established with her mom inn regards to babysitting are out of line.

I know plenty of people who have childcare arrangements with family.

My parents neighbor, for example, watch their grandson M-F. The mom is a teacher and grandma has him from about 7am-5pm every day. Is that unfair, if this arrangement works with everyone involved? Should the other grandma be jealous?

I have one friend whose mom watched her two kids every day, too. I have another friend whose mom moved in after her father died, and provides a lot of childcare. Should the other grandma’s be jealous?

Life isn’t always equal. If OP is permitting a relationship with children and MIL, that’s fair. [/quote]

No, your childcare arrangements shouldn’t have a bearing on when her MIL can visit. She’s equating visits with labour, and that’s where the problem lies. She is valuing people being indentured servants rather than just being s present grandparent.

I wonder if OP would Like her mother as much if she broke a leg, or otherwise falls ill and can no longer raise her children for her. [/quote]

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