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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an aunt and I have my own kids. This is a strange post. Just because you want to see your nieces and nephews and grandchildren doesn’t make you entitled. It’s pretty generous. And if you’re the kid whose grandparents, aunts and uncles spend time with you and take you places, you’re pretty lucky.

Also, if those relationships are cultivated and something happens to you, your kids then have other trusted adults in their lives to help them and support them.

No child can ever have too many people that love them. [/quote]

I agree with you.

I think the word "entitled" comes in when the parents say no for some reason, and the relative gets angry and pushy.

I'm so grateful for my son's aunts and uncles. But when plans don't work out or I don't like the plan, they've never thrown a hissy fit. My FIL, on the other hand, went on an angry rant to us when we didn't allow him to drive our 4 year old around without a car seat, and again when we asked my sister to watch DS while we went on a vacation (he inexplicably expected to do it). It's entitled for him to think his relationship with DS somehow trumps our safety rules and decisions. [/quote]

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