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Spoiling your grandchild is a unspoken tradition in just about everything, but I do have to say that sometimes it can go a little too far. My mother would buy all the big ticket items that our kids wanted that we knew we would have to squeeze in after the bills could be paid. We came to an agreement. We would discuss what our kids wanted and we would give it to them on a birthday or at Christmas only if we could give her half of what the total was.
The punishment issue was another thing. If our kids were grounded and they were supposed to go out with grandma for the day or the weekend, that was out as well. At first she would take it personal, but we got her to agree to go along with us and make the kids understand that they were the only ones losing out.
It's a hassle to get everyone all on the same page, but it does eventually work out.
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