MY SON DEMANDS THAT I BABYSIT HIS SON BECAUSE I’M RETIRED He’s 35 and married, and he and his wife had my grandson last year. My daughter-in-law wants to go back to working outside. Since I’m retired, my son asked me to take care of my grandson. I asked him how long he needed me to do it, to which my son replied that they had NO plan for it. I asked if they had considered daycare, and he said that neither he nor his wife were okay with it. I also suggested they ask his wife’s parents, and he said that they didn’t have time for it. He thought of asking me because I had helped his older brother, and it would “basically be the same thing.” But the point is that I was 42 then and I’m 59 now. I didn’t have the health issues that I do nowadays, like back pain and arthritis. Also, he is a married man with a wife by his side, not a single 16-year-old with a baby. What would you do in my place? As I decided to ⬇️

When my son Daniel asked me to care for his newborn Lucas, just as I had for my older son Michael’s daughter, I felt conflicted. I’d already raised Michael’s daughter, Emma, when her mother left, and while that experience was rewarding, it was also exhausting. Now, Daniel and his wife Laura needed my help, and while I loved my grandson, I wasn’t sure I could take on full-time caregiving again.
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