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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If it doesn't conflict with another previously scheduled thing, why don't you just let them go enjoy their time together? You got your point across, right? I get that you don't have a good relationship with your dad, but not a reason to interfere with them having one. [/quote]

This, unless he proposed hookers and blow, what’s the big deal? I think it’s nice he’s proactively planning one on one time with his grandkid. [/quote]

Um, because he’s probably not factoring in things like nap time, eating meals on a semi-schedule, sunscreen, etc. Grandparents can forget that taking care of kids entails more than an idea and the wish for everyone to fall in and behave under any circumstance. [/quote]

When you're on a vacation or visiting people, the schedule goes out the window. [/quote]

No, it doesn’t. [/quote]

Well, yeah.  Actually it kind of does. Their house, their rules (or lack thereof).  OP, I feel your pain.  When I visit my parents, they will occasionally suggest activities or purchases to my kids directly to them without consulting me first.  Sometimes they conflict with existing plans, involve logistics my parents had not thought of, or are age inappropriate.  This is annoying and inconvenient to me.  But I do recognize that: 1) my parents haven't parented little kids in 40+ years and have long forgotten the details about what is age-appropriate, and 2) they love my kids and mean well.  So cut your parents a bit of slack OP...[/quote]

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