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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a little shocked at everyone who is implying the OP is a bad parent for not changing flights to go RIGHT NOW. Of course that would be ideal, but sometimes that’s just short of impossible. It would be so difficult for me to pay hundreds of dollars for an urgent but not truly emergency situation with no notice the week before Christmas. We’re not impoverished, but we’re spread really thin because of unforseeable circumstances. The kid’s life isn’t in danger, OP has contact with him, grandpa knows he’s on notice. It seems like OP is trying to be practical and make the best of a shitty situation.

On the other hand, if money is no object, and she can easily afford to change flights but chose not to because she doesn’t feel like it, then I’ll join the chorus of shamers. But sometimes in the real world, we have to make tough choices, but we middle through somehow. [/quote]

Her son is being hit, deprived of food, and ordered to stay in one place.

This isn't a shifty situation, it's a danger to his physical health and surely a trauma that will stay with him. When your kid is in this situation and you have the means to buy him a plane ticket there, as well as one for yourself, you have the means to pay the fee to change the tickets. [/quote]

It’s not just a few to change the tickets. You have to pay the difference between the fares as well. I haven’t priced out flights, but I imagine same day flights days before Christmas are pricey.

I’m totally not justifying the grandpa’s behavior. If my parents did that to my kids, the kids would be out of there within hours and would never visit unattended again. However, the child isn’t being repeatedly struck, nor is he being starved. Missing a meal is unpleasant but not the end of the world. How many parents here suggest that same remedy to parents of picky eaters? Let them miss a few meals and then they’ll eat what you serve. No one is labeling them abusive. [/quote]

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