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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Please explain to me...
Okay, so I'm posting this here and on TK too, but I'm curious about something...
I read a lot of advice columns and have lots of friends with kids, and I want to know... why is it that advice is always to give the grandparents "the benefit of the doubt," "another chance," etc, no matter what they've done "for the benefit of the child"?
I grew up mostly without grandparents, and I turned out fine, so I guess I just don't really understand the reasoning behind that argument.
Re: Please explain to me...
i absolutely love and cherished my grandparents and i don't have a single day where i don't think about them (great, i'm crying now). but that's because they have always been good people, and never needed a "second chance".
if, however, there was something negative, i don't think i would ever *need* them (other than free daycare for my parents), i'm just very happy that they were a part of my life.
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jumped ship to the new and improved nest. back to TB for baby boards.
I'm not closely looped in to the child rearing crowd, but I don't think I've ever heard this.
I have 1 grandparent that I don't respect at all and my parents don't make me try and talk to him.
Best sound ever: baby's heartbeat! (Heard @ 10w1d)
Agreed. I also never knew my grandfathers, since they died before I was born. I loved my grandmas, I wasn't necessarily close with them though.
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I've never heard this either.. but it seems like people think that Grandparents have some sort of say in their grandchildren's lives... I have friends who have ILs who say that they have a RIGHT to take their grandchildren every other weekend and all this..
I was close to my paternal grandmother when iw as younger and not my maternal. Now things have changed. I love them both but I prefer the company of my maternal grandma. she might be a little batty but it makes it fun!