Pregnancy & Parenting

grandparents raising grandchildren

Pregnancy & Parenting

Posted by: Lilibet

6th Nov 2011 11:34am

Today many older Australians are finding themselves in the unenviable position of having to care for and raise their grandchildren, due to family trauma or unstable and at risk lives the kids would have if they stayed with their irresponsible/missing parent. With little or no support available, these loving 'oldies' are forced to use their retirement funds and time and to revisit parenting in a far more demanding enivromentthan that in which they raised their own children.

Lilibet
  • 8th Dec 2011 08:10pm

I know exactly what you mean about the clothes. Definitely the right thing to send your grandson back in the same clothes he came in. We had to do that too after all the clothes we were buying were never returned. I always popped the clothes straight into the wash when our grandchildren came to us so that they could go back in clean clothes. I used to replenish the home stocks by frequenting the op-shops. I didn't mind those clothes being kept. Its a sad world when we cant trust the estranged parents of our grandchildren. Our situation has improved greatly over time, but there is always a doubt in my mind over anything that I'm told. That feeling of needing to give someone a good shake or a slap is one that i'm also familiar with - when will these 'big kids' start acting responsibily and not like naughty spoiled brats - ha ha! Keep loving your little boy - grandparents are so special!!


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