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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like your mom is super capable, but she is uncomfortable in a different surrounding and has her limits. I would also be unhappy taking the kids out to the park in 80-90 degree weather in the middle of the day when the sun is out. It is super hot and I get rashes from sun exposure. I would also be uncomfortable taking the dog out at night in an unfamiliar surrounding. Making lunch or dinner without clear instructions about what the family likes to eat, where the ingredients and pots and pans are, and how to prepare the food to the family’s taste is also stressful. I know I’m assuming that you are not giving her direction, but I would definitely give her more direction. If there are cultural barriers, then the hand holding increases. My mom is only comfortable making food she can make, otherwise she won’t attempt it.[/quote]

But if you’re uncomfortable with all that would you have offered to come help? If so, why? And if your daughter’s family is in a crisis and you want to help, will you only do what doesn’t make you “uncomfortable”?

I think getting help elsewhere is OP’s best option as mom has proven herself unwilling or incapable or both. [/quote]

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