Parenting by Grandparents
It is a belief among young parents that if they leave their child with the grandparents (either side) even once in a while, their efforts invested in setting up a routine will go in vain, as grandparents because of their overly pouring love for the grand child (which went missing when their own child was little), do all sorts for child pleasing activities. Being a first time mom, this issue troubled me a lot. My parents, the most strict parents me and my brother have ever known became the coolest grandparents when my daughter was born, an extra bite of chocolate, an extra hour at play, an extra dramatic console has become a new normal for them. Me and my brother, who have been raised with canes and belts, are amazed seeing my daughter asking her grandfather to provide her something in return for a small hello, and he without wasting much time, gives into her demands. This behaviour of grandparents troubles new parents a lot specially when they believe in modern parenting style, w...