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One mom of a 3-year-old son found herself growing increasingly tired of her mother-in-law continually trying to tell her how to parent. She had been pushy ever since her pregnancy was announced, but the final straw came when the toddler had a tantrum at a family gathering because he lost his teddy. In front of other family members, Grandma insisted that Mom was too lenient in handling it, leading to her daughter-in-law taking her aside later and asking her to stop trying to control her parenting. It's no surprise that she took this the wrong way, and the mom was left wondering if she went too far.
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AITA for telling my mother-in-law she can't criticize my parenting in front of my kid?
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Grandma flips out after 30-year-old daughter-in-law requests she stops criticizing her parenting in front of her 3-year-old son: 'She told me that I was being too lenient'
One of the more annoying things about being a parent that isn't caused by the kids is that once you have children, it can seem like everybody has an opinion on how you should be raising them. Moms in particular face a whole heap of judgment even before their kids are born, and it only gets more intense from there on out. The truth is, there are many different parenting styles out there, and the best that most parents can do is find a balance between them that helps their children grow up to be the happiest and most well-regulated that they can be.
Unfortunately, this struggle does nothing to stop outsiders from giving their two cents every five seconds. This can be a common source of conflict with family members, especially older ones. Having raised a different generation, they often feel like the parents of today don't know what they're doing.
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