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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]it doesn't sound like you trust her in general. [/quote]

I do trust her but she’s a little absent minded. One example, she had a dream to take our child on a train ride and we met her at the stop she was getting off and she got off at the wrong stop and got really frazzled. She’s not older, she’s in her 60’s, but she just is not used to being around small kids all day so it’s a lot. I find it difficult to do things like the beach and pool with my kids and I’m with them everyday and have some systems in place. Also she has a little bit of an old school mentality about things and safety isn’t always the first priority. “My kids ate grapes without cutting them and they lived to tell the story” “My kids didn’t have car seats and they are alive now” kind of mentality.. [/quote]

You don't trust her--and that's okay! Your mistrust isn't coming from a malicious place, it's because she's shown time and time again that she's just not up to taking care of two kids under 5. I don't trust my mom with my kid because she has impaired vision and limited mobility in her arms, despite her claims that "it doesn't affect me much!" She also lives on the water without a gate or anything. Kid could get out the back door and be in the water in seconds. I love my mom. I love my child. And because of that, my mom cannot watch my child.[/quote]

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