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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Kids are in school, of course. My parents have a lot of disposable income and will park at a hotel for a week, even more, and more or less sit around waiting to see the kids. My mother is laser-focused on seeing them but she wants it on her terms, i.e. sit at our house or in their hotel room. The kids do not enjoy this. She feels that because they showed up, I should be accommodating them and drop the kids off with her all week or let them park in our living room from 4 pm until the late evening. I've said no many times and yet she keeps doing things her way. They do this about once every other month. As soon as they leave, she's planning another visit. We've gone to see them as well but it's the same thing there. Just sitting around the livingroom. [/quote]

This sounds totally normal. Why not just give them some direction for how to interact with the kids?  “Hey mom/dad, you know what the kids would really enjoy…”.  And if she doesn’t want to do it, say “ok, well that’s what’s we’re doing Saturday. You guys are welcome to join!” [/quote]

OP here. I do reaize this was also a lot easier when a grandchild was 10 and grandma was in her early 60s. My parents are in their mid-70s and can't handle a lot of stuff. My parents were from a culture where you literally sit around a dining table gossiping for hours. They want to do the same with kids but the kids are tired of it. They do not want to change. They want grandparenting to be a spectator sport at this point. [/quote]

Yeah, your parents spent 18 years+ with you.   :roll: [/quote]

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