Grandparents Decline Weeklong Babysitting Request, Concerned It's Too Extended For Both Grandkids And Parents To Be Apart

Having family step in to help with the kids is always great but setting boundaries is okay too.

Daphnie

• Published in Interesting
• September 24, 2023

We're back today with another AITA thread post that was submitted on Reddit and got lots of attention on their post. These posts are often where people go to see if they are in the right or wrong in their situation and they are looking for unbiased opinions and advice on their situation.

We love looking into these situations because they usually have a lot of comments on them and many different perspectives on their situation. So with this being said, we are looking into a situation that was posted by a grandparent who is wondering if they are in the wrong for not wanting to watch their grandkids for 7 days straight while their son and his wife go on vacation for a week overseas.

People in the comments had a lot to say, and it definitely is one of those things where people gave lots of advice and gave a stance on what they thought about the situation. So if you are interested in hearing about this situation and seeing the full post, as well as the best comments on it, keep on reading as we dive in and show you the full post, plus all of the best comments we could find on it.

This situation is definitely something that isn't as serious but the grandparents still want to know what people think about this.

People quickly came to the comments to let OP know that they weren't in the wrong here and that these expectations are not normal.

A lot of people encouraged her to stick with her boundary and to tell the parents that it's just not acceptable.

It's also important for her to see that they can't just leave their small kids whenever they want to and especially for a week.

Watching these small children would be exhausting so I couldn't imagine having them watch the kids for a week, and they aren't even their children.

This definitely sounds like a good idea and to keep things civil and make sure they're only talking about the childcare situation.

This is a very important thing to remember because they are responsible for their children, not the grandparents.

A lot of people even thought that this was just too long to be away from their 1 year old in general.

This could be a good compromise so nobody is being left with the kids for a whole week or anything that they didn't want to do.

The main issue is that they are not respecting the boundaries that they set for babysitting their grandkids, and not necessarily that they're leaving the kids for a week.

We definitely feel like everyone was on the same page here and they helped let OP know that they are not in the wrong here because the parents should be respecting their boundaries and not pushing them. This is definitely something that a lot of people need to think about but honestly, it's not the responsibility of the grandparents to babysit their grandchildren.

Daphnie