How often do you think Grandparents should Babysit for their Adult children?
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ANSWERS: 30
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No more often than is convenient for the grandparents...they raised their children, now it is up to you to raise your own.
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I actually have my adult children babysit my grandparents..... and they love it.....
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Once or twice a month.
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As often as they want to. My mother-in-law rings us up often and says "why don't you two go out next Saturday night?"
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I think as often as the grandparents feel like it, without the pressure to do so. We have to consider they did their time watching children raising their own children. From what I see many welcome their grand kids with open arms but when it becomes too often this can be a big strain on them.
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When it's conducive to the grandparents' desire; NOT the adult childrens'!
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In my family, never. Ever.
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ya I was just thinking about this because my cousant drops his 2 year old off with my grandmother (79) every single Friday and Saturday night. He is 28 years old and both his and his girlfriend seem to think they still get to go out every sinlge weekend and it's everyone else's job to watch their kid. Pisses me off to no end cause grandma is sick and he doesnt seem to care....Now I am pissed agian
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As often as the grandparents desire...for me, if I had my way, it would be taking the children every other weekend!
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not any more often than they want to...
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When the parents can't get anyone else at the last second
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Maybe once a week or every other week. Grandparents have lives also. Also, some of those children that are frequently dropped off have behaviour problems and it is hard to get someone to watch them.
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As often or as little as they feel comfortable and convenient.
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Once or twice a MONTH is plenty . By doing it MORE; you become a crutch and then you are EXPECTED to be availiable ANYTIME ; even if it is INCONVIENT for you ....
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My grandma raised me she babysat so much. I don't have a single childhood memory with my mom in it. It was all at grandma's. :)
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my mom watches my two kids 4 overights a year ad zero non overnights. I resent here deeply because of this. She is very comfortable, has plenty of time, is a professed christian and my wife and i have no family alive but her. She does not watch other family member's kids. She is bothered by my elemetary grade kids because they have an average amount of spirit. Normal kids. It has ruined our relationship really. My wife and I have zero time alone and no one to fall back on. We never date. Meanwhile, mom could help once a month..maybe even twice every other month.
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Never. If it is a 'should' then why not just pay a babysitter? If grandparents choose to babysit for you then you are lucky and so are they but there is absolutely no obligation on them to do so. They have raised their children and the adults must now raise their children. In many loving families the grandparents are only to willing to help but not all grandparents are that way and lets face it, not all grandparents are the sort of people you woudl want around your child.
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As often as they want, and spoil 'em rotten and send them home! How often do you watch yours?
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do they want to or no?
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As often as they like, and when they lived in the area mind did it "very" often to give me a break.
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For me....every single time it is needed. I pretty much raised my oldest granddaughter for the first 5 years of her life...and she is my life. If she needs to be babysat...I'm there. During the school year she is here every weekend....and right now I have her the whole summer vacation and wouldn't have it any other way. But this is just me...
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My mom never babysat my daughters. She lives about an hour away so she was never asked to but I think she would have liked to. I see people pass their children to their parents so often it seems like the grandparents ARE the parents. It can be very abused. I'd love to babysit my grandchildren someday but I expect my daughters not to view me as "the babysitter". I already raised my children. I expect them to raise theirs too. I won't be a substitute parent but I will be a proud grandparent
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as much as they want. some don't really like to and some can't get enough of it, their grandchildren are their lives now that their children are gone
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Once every two to three weeks sounds reasonable. After all, they are your grandchildren and not your children. You have raised your children. Wife and i were stuck with raising three of our grandchildren. Do not let yourself be caught in this position.
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My parents-in-law take mine every Saturday for the day, but that is for their bonding time. Other than that maybe every 6 months my husband will ask them to babysit to take me to a movie/dinner. It has to be convenient for them but not done too much so the Grandparents think they are being taken advantage of.
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I think that once a week when the babies are babies... and maybe once a month when they are school age.
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i would hope that the adult children didn't need to be babysat...but as far as babysitting their grandchildren, they can make themselves available to babysit as often as they want or as infrequent as they want...there are no rules about things like this.
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As much as they want to, not because they feel obligated.
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Haha....never Its time now for the grown adults to babysit their grandparents. Does this seem fair?
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Whenever they want to, it is a privilege, not a right.
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