53-year-old Grandma refuses to watch her 8, 5, and 1-year-old Grandkids after her 26-year-old Daughter blocks her number on Mother’s Day – FAIL Blog

Some people really love having kids. They love the idea of having a big family, with lots of kids running around, playing and having fun. That is a very sweet idea! 

But in reality, parenthood isn’t fun and games all the time. It’s a lot of experiences like, waking up several times each night because your kids had a bad dream. It’s a lot of preparing meal after meal after meal, and also doing dishes each time. It’s a lot less free time for the parent, and a bunch more time spent caring for these little mini versions of yourself. 

The hard thing is that when kids are little, they’re very cute, but they’re not always grateful for their parents. They can be very demanding, they throw temper tantrums, they make huge messes. Not every parent is prepared for the less-rewarding aspects of parenthood. 

And there’s the maturity of the parent. Because speaking of kids throwing tantrums… this Mom is 26, and she sounds like she behaves worse than her own children do. She’s the one pitching a fit when her own Mom says no to her! 

The Grandmother in this situation is writing for advice, as she shared here: 

AITAH for refusing to watch my grandkids during Summer break. Me (53F), full time college professor. My daughter (26F), stay-at-home mom. Grandkids (8M, 5F, 1F). My daughter, let’s call her Katie, has 3 kids and lives with her boyfriend. She is a stay-at-home mom with no other responsibilities.

To be clear, it isn’t a walk in the park to be a stay at home parent (due to just some of those things mentioned before!). Especially when you’ve got a child under 1, plus a few older kids, that will certainly take up most of a parent’s time. 

But as this Mom is noting right out the gate: this 26-year-old Mom doesn’t have any other work to do besides raising the kiddos.