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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to pick your battles and this isn't one of them. No she doesn't parent the same way as you - you just have to deal with that.

Your child can handle a frowning face or tantrums being ignored. Those aren't going to damage her. You have no idea what face her daycare worker makes when she is misbehaving.

You aren't able to parent your child during work hours hours. Like everyone who needs childcare for work, you have to let other people parent their way - you can't micromanage their every interaction. [/quote]

These were a lot of my thoughts as I read this.  So your mom has a different style than you do and, for the sake of argument, let's just say that your style is better.  Your mom isn't abusing or neglecting the kid, she's just making less than optimal parenting choices.  Look on the bright side, your child is probably getting much more individual attention with your mom than she would at daycare and (probably) healthier meals.  Maybe some negatives but certainly some positives too and I'm sure they do have some fun times together too.  I think you also have to recognize that your mom is doing you a favor here, that's gotta entitle her to a little slack I think.  Good luck, we're all going to make it through this.[/quote]

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