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<blockquote data-quote="helpangel" data-source="post: 619798" data-attributes="member: 7170"><p>Not that life is fair...</p><p></p><p>This is not fair to your son, home must be a safe place to be able to process the frustrations from school, peers etc. </p><p></p><p>This is not fair to GPa, in his day kids were seen not heard and they minded their manners around elders, or elders made them mind. Today's kids know parents can't legally whoop them and they take advantage of that. I can see where watching your son "walk all over you" (in GPa's opinion) could push him into having a stroke.</p><p></p><p>This is not fair to GMa, she had her life taken over caring for both of them and now she lives every day watching how this is disrupting her son's life, marriage and family.</p><p></p><p>This is not fair to you, it is your time to be the mom (the boss) having people under mind or ? everything you do is not helping you establish dominance in your house; it may not seem that important now but in a few short years the teens will outnumber the parents. </p><p></p><p>At this point you & husband probably feel like a rope in a game of tug o war. in my opinion the only hope of keeping this family together is to split them up, I strongly recommend getting the grandparents into a nursing home where Gpa can get the care he needs and Gma can have people in her age group to socialize with.</p><p></p><p>On that note guess I should check into car service and home care for my folks as my brother & I are running ourselves ragged trying to manage our parents. Didn't help that my mom accused the one neighbor who helps them of stealing a stray cat she feeds. </p><p></p><p>Anyway we have a lot in common as the old people in my life give me more grief then my kids do too; you are not alone.</p><p></p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="helpangel, post: 619798, member: 7170"] Not that life is fair... This is not fair to your son, home must be a safe place to be able to process the frustrations from school, peers etc. This is not fair to GPa, in his day kids were seen not heard and they minded their manners around elders, or elders made them mind. Today's kids know parents can't legally whoop them and they take advantage of that. I can see where watching your son "walk all over you" (in GPa's opinion) could push him into having a stroke. This is not fair to GMa, she had her life taken over caring for both of them and now she lives every day watching how this is disrupting her son's life, marriage and family. This is not fair to you, it is your time to be the mom (the boss) having people under mind or ? everything you do is not helping you establish dominance in your house; it may not seem that important now but in a few short years the teens will outnumber the parents. At this point you & husband probably feel like a rope in a game of tug o war. in my opinion the only hope of keeping this family together is to split them up, I strongly recommend getting the grandparents into a nursing home where Gpa can get the care he needs and Gma can have people in her age group to socialize with. On that note guess I should check into car service and home care for my folks as my brother & I are running ourselves ragged trying to manage our parents. Didn't help that my mom accused the one neighbor who helps them of stealing a stray cat she feeds. Anyway we have a lot in common as the old people in my life give me more grief then my kids do too; you are not alone. Nancy [/QUOTE]
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