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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 452481" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>I'm not there yet (thank Heavens!) but I do know what my own parents have done.</p><p></p><p>Dad will come pick up J for a day... And he puts him to work, or has lunch at McDonald's (though Dad hates McDonald's). Or just hangs around our place with him. He's slowly teaching J to be a good man. husband does a good job, but grandfathers sometimes get through where parents can't.</p><p></p><p>And O adores my Mom. Mom has no illusions, but she loves her. Every year they make cookies or gingerbread houses in October and December, or carve pumpkins. Mom will play Scrabble with both kids, too.</p><p></p><p>But - and this is big - my parents aren't velcroed to the kids. This has the effect of making time with them special, as opposed to their bio mom's parents - one is very religious and ethnic, the other the kids only visited in bars until he passed; and mother in law and father in law, both of whom I love but are incredibly judgmental.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 452481, member: 6705"] I'm not there yet (thank Heavens!) but I do know what my own parents have done. Dad will come pick up J for a day... And he puts him to work, or has lunch at McDonald's (though Dad hates McDonald's). Or just hangs around our place with him. He's slowly teaching J to be a good man. husband does a good job, but grandfathers sometimes get through where parents can't. And O adores my Mom. Mom has no illusions, but she loves her. Every year they make cookies or gingerbread houses in October and December, or carve pumpkins. Mom will play Scrabble with both kids, too. But - and this is big - my parents aren't velcroed to the kids. This has the effect of making time with them special, as opposed to their bio mom's parents - one is very religious and ethnic, the other the kids only visited in bars until he passed; and mother in law and father in law, both of whom I love but are incredibly judgmental. [/QUOTE]
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