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This is something that one young woman was struggling with after facing backlash for refusing to drive her niece to school. Her sister-in-law had requested that she do this, as the hospital she worked at was a 5-minute drive from the girl's school, and she didn't have access to a car while her husband was working.
However, the woman felt she was unable to help as her job required her to work unpredictable shift patterns that were very difficult to change. She also felt that it wasn't that difficult for the mom to walk her child to school from where they were currently living. Many of her family members had begun to accuse her of being selfish, and she wanted a second opinion.
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AITA for telling my SIL to walk her daughter to school?
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Other people confirmed she wasn't in the wrong.
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Mom demands healthcare worker sister-in-law drives 6-year-old daughter to school, gets upset when she refuses: 'She knows I work irregular shifts'
Personal responsibility is a vital part of parenting.
It may be true that raising a child takes a village, but there is a difference between friends and family willingly helping out the parents they know, and those parents assuming that they will take over duties that they are simply not able to. At the end of the day, the parents are the ones who have to be the principal caretakers of their children, unless extenuating circumstances say otherwise.
This is an issue that can cause difficulties in families where parents hope that their close relatives will step up and help them to a higher level than they are able. The fact is that other people have plenty of responsibilities too, and they have to work around that to care for somebody else's kids. They can't always afford to drop everything just because it is convenient for the parents that they know.
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