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[quote=Anonymous]What was your relationship with your parents and in laws like before you had kids?  Was their visiting?  Did you move away from their town or are they local?  IME our relationship is exactly the same as before, just with kids in the mix now, and that's the basis of the grandparent/grandchild relationship. We do pretty much the same amount of visiting back and forth with both sets as we did before.

Also agree with the PP who said you have to let grandparents do the quality time their own way, without judgment.  My kids' grandparents feed my kids ice cream for breakfast when they feel like it.  They are way stricter about post lunch quiet time than we are. They buy battery operated toys I hate.  They buy frilly dresses and bows for my DD that I cringe at the thought of her wearing.  Their tv is on all the time.  I'm not saying you do this, but if I were trying to have serious talks with them about "our philosophy" about these things it would be a big turnoff for them.

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