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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm old although I'm not a grandma yet, but my sense from some of my friends is that parents today are much more likely to have a "parenting philosophy" and to ask grandparents to watch the kids but:  don't feed them this, don't say that, etc.  They used to sell those t-shirts that said things like "feed them sugar and send them home" and "just spoiling my grandchildren" and things like that, but I think often parents may have really specific expectations -- no juice, no TV shows, etc.  I think particularly as you get older, that's probably difficult -- to get onboard with a 'parenting philosophy' that didn't exist when you were raising kids. [/quote]
This is an interesting point. It seems that parenting is harder these days and grandparents may be afraid of doing it wrong. [/quote]

But it shouldn’t be that hard to follow. I don’t see the big deal.

But, I think some flexibility is needed. I didn’t let my kids watch much TV but they watched all day when we visited my dad who laughed and snuggled with them while watching a Sponge Bob SquarePants marathon.

For the most part it’s a cop out to say you don’t want to offend.

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