Dear Amy: My daughter and son\u002Din\u002Dlaw recently welcomed our first grandchild.
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I suggest that you initiate a calm and open-ended conversation with your daughter, telling her that you adore your grandchild but detect a sense of dissatisfaction from her. Ask her where this comes from, and tell her how this dynamic – and the way she frames things – makes you feel. Even though most parenting experiences are actually universal, she won’t see your situations as being analogous. New parents never do.
Do not ask for “equal time” or even equal attention with the other grandparents and rooted extended family who all live nearby. Do not let your daughter manipulate you .My family just received another “form” thank-you from a newly-married couple whose wedding we attended.Advertisement 5However, the envelope was marked to my husband only and not even with the effort of a “Mr.” – just his name.
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