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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My guess is they're probably wondering where they went wrong, raising children who can't seem to cope with their own lives.

I do understand this is a special case, OP, and I'm very sorry to hear that your husband is in the hospital. But, I don't agree with the idea that grandparents should be responsible to help raise grandchildren like many people seem to. It's nice if it can happen, but shouldn't be an expectation. A retired parent has put in more than enough sacrifice time raising YOU TO 20/30/40.[/quote]

There's definitely an element of selfishness in the baby boomer generation. My grandmother raised me when I was a kid so my momcould finish school. She supported my mom in so many ways, and honestly without her mom would have probably needs to drop out of college. I had a super close relationship with my grandmother which is something I'll always treasure.

Fast forward to my children: [b]my mom could not even be bothered to spend one week helping after the birth of my child.[/b] To add insult to injury she minimizes all the work that goes into caring for a young child - because she never had to do it! Plus she always critiques my grandmother for not getting an education. In the months after the birth of my first baby i realized that the mother child bond this was never going to be an experience that we could share. Some people are too selfish - and sometimes that attitude is pervasive throughout an entire generation. My grandmother raised both of us but family values must have skipped a generation.[/quote]

So what? If you want help, hire help. NO ONE owes you ANYTHING.[/quote]

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