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[quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of IL problems can be avoid if people stop walking on egg shells around each other. Your MIL said "a monkey could do this puzzle" and you probably were flabbergasted, didn't know how to respond without offending her and it blowing up, so you let the moment pass. What if it had been your sister or your mother? You probably would have said "what's your problem? why are you being so rude?" and then MIL would have said - oh, I'm just being honest, you're too soft on the boy. You could have replied - I disagree. You're berating the child for no good reason. Please don't. And that would have been the end of it, or your MIL would have gone off the deep end, at which point you would have gathered up your things & your child and left.

Maybe that doesn't sound like a great alternative to how you did handle it, but it's better than backbiting about your son's grandmother with him. Demonstrate healthy boundaries and standing up for yourself. Don't demonstrate how to talk trash about people behind their back. [/quote]

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