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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s sad that your sister (and probably her kids too) is so anxious, miserable, tired. I really doubt you can do much to help them, unfortunately. She probably needs professional help to change her thinking and methods.

One thing that stood out to me is refilling sippy cups of milk during the night for 4 and 6 year olds??? She’s so anxious about their health but she doesn’t worry about tooth decay?

I do have anxiety but luckily it doesn’t manifest for me nearly the same way your sister’s does. I’m anxious about plenty of things in my parenting: my kids’ safety (like beyond what is probably normal), I’m very strict about their sleeping schedule and kind of freak out if they don’t get what I consider the right amount of sleep, I constantly have to remind myself not to nitpick their behavior when it’s just normal kid behavior. But I’m aware of those things about myself and I’m working on it bc I don’t want to be this crazy, anxious, always stressed mom in their memories. I want them to think of me as a fun, loving, patient, laid back mom. It sounds like your sister also wants to be that loving, giving parent by being so attached to her kids and being overprotective of them but she doesn’t realize it’ll likely have the effect of pushing them away from her as they get older and making them resent her. I know she probably won’t take it well if you tell her this outright but depending how close you are to her, maybe you could bring it up somehow without closing her off to you. She probably needs you in her life being that it sounds like she’s already so isolated from others.

Where is her husband in all of this??

So I’m far from your sister in my parenting but dental hygiene is a big thing for me so I am very fastidious about it w my kids. I can’t imagine having them drink milk during night and then sleeping without brushing their teeth.

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Forget the teeth!  The bedwetting might stop if they weren't drinking all night long.[/quote]

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