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[quote=Anonymous]OP (and other parents agreeing with OP) read this post again.

[quote=Anonymous]Here is some food for thought OP.

I have a 16 year old.

When he was little, my mom would give him and the other cousins a cone of orange sherbet when any of them came to her house. She would feed them this before dinner, or if they only ate a bite or two of lunch "because he is hungry" even if I specifically told him he had to finish his veggies before getting a treat.

It happened every single visit, every single day, whether we visited for a day or a week.

My mom passed away unexpectedly a couple of days after my 16 year old turned 3.  She was an awesome grandma Nd it was tragic.

13+ years later, that orange ice cream is one of the very few concrete things my 16 year old remembers about his grandma.  The first time I picked up some orange sherbet from the store, he was around 13 and said "Hey, isn't that the ice cream Grandma would feed us? I remember her following us around the kitchen with ice cream cones whenever we went there."

I am so happy he still has that loving memory of grandma.

OP, often those sweet, simple indulgences by grandparents are the ones that will stick with kids many years down the road.  And even if the action of Grandpa taking her out of the stroller to carry her down the road does not stay, that feeling of being loved and nurtured by her grandparents will stick with her forever.

You are not talking about defying values here. You are talking about grandparents loving her, which is never a bad thing.[/quote][/quote]

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