Sorry, but parenting to me includes caring about the financial/physical state of one's children, not just "I gave birth to them, didn't abuse them (by our society's definition of abuse), clothed, fed, and put a roof over their heads".
Granted, I am firmly on the husband/in-laws' side of things: this is how my parents ("the parentals") operate when it comes to their (so far, sole) grandchild...and, tbh, that is after helping their kids, and buying themselves into a retirement community (which, yes, they bitch about a lot). That said, they will travel a couple of hours to spend the day with said grandkid, helping out, entertaining, looking after, and are glad to do so for the pleasure of knowing their grandkid better.
Soooo I have absolutely no patience for LW's parents who are sitting on their butts waiting for their grandkids to be delivered to them before handing them back at the end of the day.
Question, because I can never keep up with these sorts of advice places; does Pru usually give "well, they're your parents" advice? Like blood relatives are a sacred thing that should always be respected and endorsed?
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Sorry, but parenting to me includes caring about the financial/physical state of one's children, not just "I gave birth to them, didn't abuse them (by our society's definition of abuse), clothed, fed, and put a roof over their heads".
Granted, I am firmly on the husband/in-laws' side of things: this is how my parents ("the parentals") operate when it comes to their (so far, sole) grandchild...and, tbh, that is after helping their kids, and buying themselves into a retirement community (which, yes, they bitch about a lot). That said, they will travel a couple of hours to spend the day with said grandkid, helping out, entertaining, looking after, and are glad to do so for the pleasure of knowing their grandkid better.
Soooo I have absolutely no patience for LW's parents who are sitting on their butts waiting for their grandkids to be delivered to them before handing them back at the end of the day.
Question, because I can never keep up with these sorts of advice places; does Pru usually give "well, they're your parents" advice? Like blood relatives are a sacred thing that should always be respected and endorsed?