How To Share Your Kids With Their Grandparents…

... when your own relationship with them sucks.

Dec. 3, 2024 Ivan Pantic/E+/Getty Images Doing Your Best How To Share Your Kids With Their Grandparents When Your Own Relationship With Them Sucks "Adult children going no contact with one or both parents has been a hot topic in recent years," writes Katie McPherson. "But in between adoring your parents (or in-laws) and cutting them off completely, there are a lot of other ways for a relationship to play out. Maybe you and your parents love each other but have a lot of different beliefs now, or perhaps you and your in-laws are just super different personality-wise. In those cases, you want your kids to have a relationship with their grandparents, even if your own connection with them is strained at times (or all the time)." So how do you balance this, especially during the family-heavy holiday season? She spoke with a psychologist to find out. Good luck out there. Read More ⮕ Latest Natalia Lebedinskaia/Moment/Getty Images Shhh "I Don't Like My Baby's Name" In the latest Confessions roundup, anonymous moms share the things they'll never say out loud. Read More. Netflix Santa, Dragons, & Desserts Galore 14 New Family-Friendly Movies & Shows To Watch On Netflix In December Get ready to fly through your queue, because the coziest month is finally here. Read More. shop til you drop This Mom Says You Should "Buy All The Gifts" For Your Kids This Holiday Season Here's her thinking on her "unpopular opinion." Read More. Featured ruizluquepaz/E+/Getty Images ooffff My Daughter Is So Open About Puberty & It Puts My Teenage Self To Shame You may have missed it, since we published it in the thick of Thanksgiving week, but we have a very lovely piece about period shame and learning from your children to move on from it. Shelley Mann Hite sets the scene: One morning not so long ago I walked into the bathroom and spotted a used tampon applicator fully visible, right at the top of the trash in the garbage can. My breath caught and my cheeks flushed as I yanked a few squares of toilet paper from the roll, wrapped it up like a miniature mummy, and shoved it deep into the bin. I was immediately transported back to my 12-year-old self, when I was new to periods and mortified by every aspect of them." But then she took a beat and thought about why that was happening, and what she could learn from her own daughter. Read More ⮕ What Else We're Reading ⮕ Inside The Uncertainty Of Taking Stimulants While Pregnant ⮕ Oxford's 2024 Word of the Year Is… ⮕ Would You Pay $1,000 For A Family Photo?

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