RE: How do you deal with a religious family?
September 15, 2014 at 12:06 pm
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2014 at 12:11 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
You'll outlive your parents opinions of you and your actions, your son will outlive both you and your parents and both of your opinions and actions. Nothing quite like an invocation of ones mortality and legacy to shut down any busybody tendencies. You do no harm to your child by putting a wall between your child and the imposition of others opinions. Draw the line and declare it to be non-negotiable, you're the one raising the child, not them. They had their shot with you. If it didn't take then that's down to their own incompetence and no one should expect to get a do-over.
Problem solved?
(I've seen grandparents treating grandchildren like a second chance to "get it right" armed with all of the knowledge of how they "got it wrong" the first time -my mother and grandmother are both notorious for this-. That's something for them to explain to you, not to your son.)
Problem solved?
(I've seen grandparents treating grandchildren like a second chance to "get it right" armed with all of the knowledge of how they "got it wrong" the first time -my mother and grandmother are both notorious for this-. That's something for them to explain to you, not to your son.)
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