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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your parents spent 18 years babysitting you and another 4 years paying for your college.

Now it's their time for themselves, to use however they want for the years that remain to them. If smoking on a ratty sofa watching reality shows makes them happy, then let them do it.

It may be less family time than you (or I) would like, but they've earned have a right to make their own choices now. As long as they make a reasonable effort to respect family ties and obligations, you have no right to demand they do more. Guilting them into babysitting your kids is just unfair.[/quote]

This is not about rights, it's about feelings. Also, kids can stay home alone from age 9 or so. Only severely impaired need babysitters for 18 years.[/quote]

I agree with the 1st PP.

You missed the point, which is:  [b]Don't impose your idea of happiness (which seems identical to your own happiness) on your parents' happiness. PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT FEELINGS. [/b]We're all different. That's actually OK!  Let them be happy with what works for them.

Also, you know what's meant by babysitting until age 18. Unless your kids were free range from age 9 and you didn't worry about where they were or how fast they were driving or what they were drinking. [/quote]

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