I’m not at this stage yet but I’m going to be spending some time with my parents this year and my kids will be with me. I know that they are going to spoil them. I mean, I already got this letter from them,
“I went by Greg and Carol’s and she let me "help myself" to just a small FRACTION of Kyle and LauraLee’s toys… I got 11 sets of toys including 5 sets (BIG sets) of legos– animals, people, houses, cars you name it. I also got a tool set and some Dinasours for Miles– a little doll house with people for Zoe. I also picked up a stroller (play) for Zoe. So I think with Tess’s books and stuffed animals, some colors and coloring book– we are almost ready!
All of this stuff from Carol is in perfect condition– one of the boxes of legos wasn’t even open. I washed the rest of the stuff (it’s been in storage) and have it all in the living room upstairs where they will probably play most of the time.
Hopefully all is going well up there…I’ll get some more stuff from Rita and Zenie this weekend.
We are looking forward to you guys coming!
Teresa”
They are going to feel right at home because we have tons of legos but while I’m there I still want some of the rules enforced. You know what I mean? Like I don’t want them eating cookies for an entire month and I want bed time enforced. Hmmm
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Age old issue! It’s important, and challenging, to find the balance that works for everyone.
What an entertaining video. I laughed out loud a few times. It demonstrates the need for boundaries, mutual respect, and balance.
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Really nice video although I don’t have a grandma..
My inlaws are huge spoilers! I love that they love their grandchildren but it drives me nuts sometimes too. I don’t want my kids to be spoiled brats.
This is a tough one! You want them to have a great time, but not to ruin all you’ve worked sooooo hard to instill! Good Luck!
I liked it. It is very informative. My parent’s usually parent my nieces and nephews better than my Sister in law. I think they know thy can’t get away with anything at their home.
My Mom spoils my kids rotten. I let her, because thats what grandparents are for. Thank you for having this giveaway.
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the video was funny and cute. it also holds a lot of truth.. grandparents are going to spoil grandchildren 9 times out of 10. although it sure does make me wish my grandparents had spoiled me when i was little.
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love that, that’s why there’s grandparents
Funny video. Thanks for sharing!
Love it! Grandparents are allowed to spoil the grandkids a little.
That is funny! I thankfully can’t relate but I feel so sorry for my closest friend – her child stays with her grandma during the day and she spoils her SO much that its interfering with any type of discipline that my friend is trying to dish out. She tells her child “no, you can’t have that” and her kid runs and cries to grandma the next day and then she gets what she wants. I feel really bad for my friend. Thanks for the giveaway!
Well put together!
I think this issue can turn into a power struggle between parent and grandparent, and kids can pick up on that easily and play into it for their own advantage. khaski78@hotmail.com
My Grandchildren were very fussy when they were small, and I had to get a LIST from their mother, to see WHAT they would eat! Honest! I made Kraft macaroni and cheese for my Grandson, because THAT was on the list. Guess what! He wouldn’t eat them. WHY? Because the macaroni’s were in a different shape! I couldn’t win! But now they are grown up and doing fine, and we love them to pieces.
The grandma morphing into satan was funny!
my grandparents did not spoil me. Though it’s probably cos they live half-way around the world.
hilarious video tho when grandma turned into satan
it does make me nervous because my mother is dying to have a grandkid to spoil
Awesome video!
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With each grandchld and know your limits.
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The video was funny. So I take it 30-year-old pampers don’t work very well? LOL!
I don’t have kids of my own yet, so I don’t have any words of wisdom. I think there is some good advice both in the video and the comments. Maybe your kids can enjoy the treats at Grandma’s, but if she lets them get away with bad behaviour, you could always have a gentle talk with her? Like, I don’t think having an extra cookie or two is a big deal, but if they start acting mean or bratty, that’s overstepping boundaries. But again, I don’t have kids so my advice is pretty worthless, LOL!
That was cute!! Oh I totally see my mom being that way. I see how she is with my animals. I cant imagine her with grandchildren
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Great video; Kind and respectful to Grandmas. Overall, though, Mom Rules!
I think it’s ok to let some things slide at Grandma’s but not anything that undermines the basics at Mom and Dads house. khaski78@hotmail.com
My girls are all adults now, but I loved it when Grandma took them. They had such fun at her house. They NEVER said those words to me.
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Very funny!!
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Grandparents are a gift to each and everyone of us. Yet we were their children once, so they need to respect us as parents.
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I think the woman pushing the stroller at the beginning of the clip looked like my mom, hahaha. And I think the horns and red eyes was hilarious; it was so out of character that it made me laugh.
I was spoiled rotten by my grandparents, in a good way, and I’m almost 40 and still feel that love. I think if grandparents are spoiling in a way that is loving and not harmful, let them have at it…
On the other hand, I think if grandparents are allowing real no-no’s (I’m not talking bed time here, folks, I think they should be allowed to deviate from that at grandma’s…afterall, it’s a treat to stay at Gram and Pops…), things that have the potential to really harm the children, then that is a whole new ballgame. I have been fortunate that my family is great with our children, and so is my husband’s.
I love the special effects! The auras, the fires(!) and the juice box graphics are cool.
Grandparents are entitled to spoil the grandkids, especially when it’s something the parents would not allow (like popsicles for breakfast).
At the beginning I thought the grandmas looked more like they would be like great-grandmas since todays’ the younger generation are having kids at younger and younger ages so we have some youngish grandmas nowadays. The part about having grandma is invaluable I feel is so true and worth every penny as the grandkids do learn their heritage and cultural roots as the video expressed, a great thing indeed!
The one lady spoke of how the kids learn different recipes and that is so true, I remember going to my grandmas when I was small and she made things that other families or my friends just didn’t eat or probably even know about. My grandma being Hungarian was a fabulous cook
It’s amazing how grandmas always save everything. The Pampers without tape tabs in the video was funny
It is true that us parents do spoil our to much most of the time.
I think we need more videos like this one out there. Reminding people just how important grandmas are wether babysitting or not is a Special kind of thing.
It makes me nostalgic, actually, for when my Grandma would say ” you are old enough” when my Mom was always saying “you’re to young”.
I guess thats whats great about being a grandma- you can spoil the grandchildren then send them home- LOL ! My children don’t get this at all because the grandparents live out of state.
I grin and bear it when my mother in law starts giving my kids far more sweets than I would allow at homel, but eventually i do put my foot down and say ‘that’s enough’. It works out OK- she gets to spoil them in her eyes, and I don’t let it go too overboard. khaski78@hotmail.com
You just gotta love grandmas. lol
This cracks me up. My parents let my 4 year old get away with anything and they break all of our parenting rules.
Grandmas are the best and most cherished. We need to bring more attention to this in our society and world.
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I think the grandparents should respect the parents rules and the way they want to raise their children.