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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If my sister criticized my parenting to me, I would look her straight in the eyes and say, "You need to shut TF up.  I am completely serious.  I don't want to hear another word out of your mouth about my parenting, ever."

This would not be difficult for me.  I don't understand why you have put up with this at all.  [/quote]

Op here. This would be extremely difficult for me, but feeling like I might be actually able to say it this time (or some version of that).

I’ve tried to keep the peace in the past for my parents’ sake and also for the cousins’ sake. But at some point, I just have to be like “enough”.

She just has this narrative about my child and me and I’m not sure where she got it from. My child is not poorly behaved - not perfect, but a pretty great kid overall. Sure, there’s back talk occasionally (don’t most kids?) and we correct every time. But I’m not going to go nuclear for every tiny misstep.

She either says I don’t parent at all or I’m raising her to be older than she is. However, my child still plays pretend games like school, rides bikes, plays with stuffed animals, draws/colors. Limited screen time. There’s even movies I won’t let my kid watch that my sister will let her kid watch.

It’s frustrating to me because I just don’t understand the logic (or lack thereof)[/quote]

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