I kind of see both sides of this. In my case, I absolutely would trust my mom with my kids. I wish she would have lived long enough to even meet them, so I would give anything to have her around and be able to care for them. My dad is older and has bad hips, so if I leave them with him, it is for short periods of time, but not because I don't trust him. My sister doesn't trust him to watch her kids, however, because she doesn't think he could handle them. Her kids are quite a bit rowdier than mine, though, so my dad has even said he wouldn't be comfortable watching them for too long
The other side I have seen a lot of lately, though, is younger, high maintenance parents who say they don't trust their parents to watch their kids and it usually has to do with them thinking their parents are not capable. They think that they know best (and have read every parenting book to prove it!) and their parents will "mess up" the kids schedule, let baby cry for a second too long, or not know how to heat the breast milk up or tell them No, rather than considering little one's feelings, ect
I find it amusing, because I have just seen so many new parents who think they know everything after being a parent for all of 10 minutes, so it makes me laugh when they shun their own parent's ability to take care of kids. It's not rocket science, but some parents want you to have a PHD before you even look at their kid, so a grandma with 30+ years experience just doesn't cut it for some anymore:
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The other side I have seen a lot of lately, though, is younger, high maintenance parents who say they don't trust their parents to watch their kids and it usually has to do with them thinking their parents are not capable. They think that they know best (and have read every parenting book to prove it!) and their parents will "mess up" the kids schedule, let baby cry for a second too long, or not know how to heat the breast milk up or tell them No, rather than considering little one's feelings, ect


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