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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You didn't bring carseats?  You flew somewhere without knowing there would be carseats on arrival?

One parent stays at the airport with the kids, and the other parent goes to Walmart and comes back.  This is a parent responsibility.  [/quote]

They asked us for a list of things we needed. They bought everything but the car seats (probably because they were the most expensive and they deemed it not necessary. They kept telling us we never used car seats growing up. Lord) [/quote]

I would never expect my parents to spend $300+ of their own money on carseats. I have always either brought them myself or had them shipped to my parents house.

When my parents ask what we need while visiting, they mean "what food and beverages do you need?" not "what expensive items that we will use twice a year only when you visit?" We brought carseats with us when our kids were really little and then later brought a booster seat and left it there because we knew we'd use it over the course of several years. [/quote]

Clearly, your family norms are different than OPs (and mine).  My parents would buy all things expensive for their grandkids, including the ridiculously expensive air Jordan's my daughter wanted for Christmas last year.  It doesn't mean their safety standards meet mine.[/quote]

Whether it is due to not wanting to spend tons of money or not wanting to meet safety standards, it doesn’t matter: buy a car seat for your own kids. [/quote]

I agree. And if the grandparents ask what they should get to prepare and they discussed car seats as part of this, it is a reasonable expectation that they would have car seats.  It doesn't make OP entitled.  I would be frustrated too.  It's the same if you call a restaurant in advance to warn them of a debilitating peanut allergy and they assured you they can accommodate you.  When you turn up you learn all their food is cooked in peanut oil.  It doesn't mean that person is entitled.[/quote]

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