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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does she have a closer relationship with your SIL than with your DH, therefore more access to the children, and thus a closer relationship with them?[/quote]

See, this is always the common justification and I call BS. A fully grow woman should know better than to give young children in equal amounts of love, attention, and gifts. It’s just heinous to do that to young children who don’t understand the “I’m closer to my daughter” context. FFS, woman, learn some etiquette. [/quote]
My MIL really tries to keep things equal but she obviously prefer’s her daughter’s kids to mine (and her son’s). The other grandkids are being raised more standard for now - phones, iPads, lots and lots of activities, only eat “kid” foods, etc, like a Disney tv show’s version of how kids should be and that’s how MIL thinks kids should be. We’re rearing our children differently and I think my MIL struggles to find common ground with my kids. But her daughter has also made a complete mess of her life at points and my MIL has had to step in as backup, so I think she feels like she has to be there for them, too.[/quote]

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