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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the window for “grandparent help” is small these days…they have to be old enough not to be working FT yet young enough to be capable kwim? In our case, my parents were still young enough to be working FT when my kids were small- and DH’s were quite elderly already and not up to helping care for small kids. Both sets of our parents had a lot of help- but the grandmothers did not work, and were younger. [/quote] I've been thinking about this a lot recently. My parents were in their early-60s when my kids were born, and even though they were still working and not nearby, they visited often and I could count on them. I was almost 40 when my youngest was born; if he doesn't have kids until he's 40, then I'll be 80 when they're born. My mom is 80 now. There is no way that she can help me in any meaningful way, even though she is a perfectly healthy 80-year-old. [/quote]
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