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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This language about “access” to grandkids is so bizzare and foreign to me. Don’t people like free childcare from people who love their kids? I sure do. My mom and in laws can have all the “access” they want since access = I can lay down and read while my kids are taken care of. [/quote] No. Because it’s not “free”. It involves a visit before and a visit after, however short. I have to drive the kids to grandma, I have to pick them up. I have to chat for a few before, I have to chat after. Or, since I’m an adult with money, I can pay a babysitter to drive to my house. She knows the routine and I don’t have to make small talk with her. When we come back in the evening, she just leaves, happily, without wanting to talk about anything at all. And then my kids are already asleep and I can carry on with my husband without a grandparent and their small talk ruining the mood.[/quote]
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