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GRANDPARENT RIGHTS – Guilt Trip – Bulldozing Your Way Into Their Lives Won’t Win Your Visitation Rights

Dear Susan,

We live in Massachusetts and our two grandkids live in Northern California, and now the parents will no longer let us see the kids. It’s mostly our daughter’s doing — she has some serious mental problems; she may even be bipolar. She and her husband got angry at us when we explained that [...]

No More Questions

Step 1: Remove foot from mouth

Dear Susan, I am feeling so defeated because I can’t seem to do anything right when it comes to my adult child. It has been over three years since I’ve seen my grandchildren, and I don’t see things ever changing.

My son lives out of state and is recently [...]

Just be there: Our g’kids are running amuck!

Dear Susan,

My daughter has gone off the deep end with her bohemian lifestyle. Her parenting skills are desperately lacking, and she has truly strange ideas about childrearing. The kids are allowed to run amuck, don’t have bedtimes or mealtimes, and they are completely vegan. She now home-schools them; therefore they don’t have many friends [...]

What’s The Price Of Trying To Protect A Grandchild?

“Dear Susan,

“As a grandparent, if you had found out that your grandchild had been living with a parent and stepparent who were engaging in a sleazy lifestyle and allowing friends who were also involved to be around the child, would you have attempted to get guardianship? My daughter and her husband are a part [...]

Just Be There

Our g’kids are running amuck!

Dear Susan,

My daughter has gone off the deep end with her bohemian lifestyle. Her parenting skills are desperately lacking, and she has truly strange ideas about childrearing. The kids are allowed to run amuck, don’t have bedtimes or mealtimes, and they are completely vegan. She now home-schools them; therefore [...]

A Grandchild Needs To Know You’ll Fight For Them

“Dear Susan,

“It all started when I flipped the boyfriend off.

“My daughter and her son came to live with me shortly after his birth; she and the bio dad never married, and he wasn’t interested in being a parent. We were one big happy family for seven years, until I did a very bad [...]