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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She’s 12. Teach her to speak up for herself. “Grandma, when you say things like that it sounds like you’re embarrassed by me because of my hair, and how I look.” “Grandma, if you keep saying g things like that, it’ll make me not want to spend time with you.”[/quote]

There is an unequal power of balance and you saying it like it’s so simple for a 12 year old to say these things is disingenuous. [/quote]

No it’s not. There are reasons I don’t take shit from people, and one is that I watched my parents stick up for themselves and set boundaries growing up, and the other is that my parents gave me the words to do it myself when I got upset with someone, and then backed me up. [/quote]

Great, you're one tough nut, PP

But OP's DD doesn't seem to be the same and it's unlikely if OP's DH will be able to provide the support you got from you parents. Sounds like a complicated relationship. No need to expose the DD to this. Life will provide enough opportunities to toughen her up. No need for it to come from her grandmother.
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