Ask Amy: Sociable children tax mom’s hosting talents
It is good for your children to experience occasional “boredom,” where they are not diverted and entertained by their friends or by you.
Dear Amy: I love and appreciate my mother-in-law, I really do.
She and her husband live about 500 miles away from us, and ever since our two children were young, she has invited them to spend three weeks during the summer at their farm, which is located in a beautiful rural area.
The kids love this time away, and my husband and I do, too.
Last year when we went to pick up the kids (a girl and a boy, ages 6 and 9), we were quite shocked to see that their grandmother had cut their hair. Both kids wear their hair fairly long and we have always let them decide how they want to have their hair.
I didn’t mention their haircuts, but in the car on the way home they both expressed how upset they were.
It might sound like a small thing, but the kids seem reluctant to share their summer with their grandparents this year.
I’d like to address this with my mother-in-law and pave the way for everyone to have a happy time this summer.
Your suggestion?
– Concerned Mom
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