As grandparents, how should we approach discipline with grandchildren who live in our home? Our divorced daughter and her children have moved in with us.
Look at it this way. With or without children, your daughter is an adult — not a child who is obliged to obey your rules and adhere to your standards simply because you happen to be her mother and father. She will always owe you honor and respect, but as an adult she is your peer and your equal in every way. Your relationship with her is no longer what it was during her childhood and adolescent years.Â
Part of what this means is that you are no longer responsible for her in quite the same way. As a full-fledged adult, she has acquired a number of adult responsibilities of her own, including those related to her former marriage and her decision to bring children into the world.Â
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