Its a parents job to make their kids hardy and lean and disciplined. Its a grandparents job to take those kids and make them soft and happy and spoiled.I never got to do Halloween because of religious parents. Now those same parents are encouraging their grandkids to do Halloween… not really understanding this one.. My wife still can’t believe the way I was raised.
It’s a learning experience for me as a parent now since I basically have to follow my wife’s lead on things since from birth I never got to believe in Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, etc etc…
Oh yeah and those same parents let the Santa thing happen for their grandkids when their own children didn’t get to believe in it. Lmao.
Grossly exaggerating the dynamic of course, but this is along the lines of what I have seen my parents transition into as grandparents. I have decided the primary reason to go through all of the trials and tribulations of parenthood is to get grandkids and get to have all the fun and none of the responsibility as grandparents, haha.