Do your parents grandparent the same way they parented?

shopgirl78 · November 2008

Does that make any sense? I know its two completely different roles. But my parents have much more patience with my kids than they EVER did with us. Just a random thought from our short visit....

kevschickee2 · November 2008

nope like you said they have more patience with my kids and my dad was a crappy dad but a wonderful grandpa

KrisBriMcBunny · November 2008

My dad lets my kids get away with murder ... never with us lol....my mom is about the same but has much more patience

UGAbride · November 2008

well of course they do, they aren't with them all the time! I have a lot more patience for anything I don't deal with 24/7.

katie277s · November 2008

Ha! I know EXACTLY what you mean. My mom basically has no rules for DS at her house, although he is typically good when he is there. I have to remind her to punish him if he throws, spits, hits, etc, but she insists he is a complete angel when he is there. Sure wish she would have done that with me!

DandR · November 2008

absolutely not....grandparents spoil..they don't have to enforce rules or be bad guys....because it doesn't matter in the big picture if one day my kids eat dessert before dinner. But that can't happen every day....

They don't have all the financial pressures, that can creep into being impatient....they don't have all the stress of working full time and coming home to three crazy kids...they just get to enjoy the kids when the kids are in good moods.

Parenting and Grandparenting are TOTALLY different.

stacynikki · November 2008

My parents are awesome grandparents. We're super close now but my Dad was an a$$ when we were growing up. He loosened up when he retired.

firefightersgal · November 2008

I think it is pretty common for the grandparents to be "better" at that job than being parents. I think that comes from not being immersed in it 24/7 and age. Heck, my dad has kids that are my age and kids that are just now in high school and he's more patient with them than he was my brother and I.

As far as my mom goes, I'm not sure. I don't really remember how she was when I was 2, but I'd venture to guess that Nora gets away with a lot more than what I did at that age.

cyko21 · November 2008

Same, my dad lets his grandchildren do ANYTHING and my mom is so so patient w/ them. NOT w/ us.?

veloelle · November 2008

Hell.no. Much, much more patience, forgiveness and spoils her. My parents have Disney passes, so mom takes her at least 2x a month to Disney, she feeds her jello for lunch ("oh, I couldn't get her to eat anything else..."), they go out for tacos and yogurt w/ my dad, etc. I love it for DD, but completely different from the very uptight and extremely controlling, strict household I grew up in.

getnmarried910 · November 2008

No way! I have great parents, but they were super strict. My parents will still uphold our rules for the most part, but they'll do a little to spoil. I love it. That's how my grandparents were too!

MrsCorbin · November 2008

-My mom is the same. She was a SAHM and always played with us and took us places (library, gym class etc). She loves taking DD and DS to classes and they have as many toys at her house as we did. She has always been patient and a great mother.

-My dad worked a lot when we were kids. He wasn't very hands on and never took us places. He is completely different now. He takes DD to the park a couple times a week. He misses DD and DS if he doesn't see them for a day. It is crazy how much he has changed. I wish he had been like that when we were kids, but I am glad that the kids get to have so much fun with their grandpa.

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