Originally Posted by EmmyG

I am in total agreement that grandparents are important. However my parents have always pushed the boundaries with my son. Never with my younger son or with my niece. But with my 6-year-old, they always push and push. Even when he was a baby, they would push me to take him longer than I felt comfortable with. My sister will flat-out day no when she is not comfortable with something, but with me they use guilt and pressure. I feel sometimes like my mom thinks she is his mother. If this was healthy, I wouldn't feel sick from the manipulation I feel coming from my dad.