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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't want to need my parents help raising my children, but I think it's funny that they got a ton of help from their parents raising us..... We are talking vacations together. Meals several times a week. Grandparents coming to all school functions taking us to school,  picking us up from school..... But my parents who are retired or working part-time struggle to even plan a holiday nowadays. Yet they want us to all come to them. Sorry Jan, I'm not planning Christmas at your house if you don't want to take the initiative. [/quote]

I think it is great that you had so much time with your grandparents. I was born in 1973, and this would not have been the norm where I grew up. Most of my friend's grandparent's did not live so close. There were more stay at home moms of course, but, there really was not this kind of support from grandparents. Maybe your mom was dealing with some sort of mental health or physical issue that made her need so much support? My husband grew up with his extended family very close (two sets of grandparents within 5ish miles), but his grandparents did not help with school or activity drop off/pick up. Or provide meals multiple days per week. They did provide babysitting on occasion but his parents did not have a ton of $, so they weren't going out all the time.[/quote]

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