Re: Grandchildren (was arghh...need to vent)

[Guest guest]

I'm still new (intro pending moderation ) but this resonates with

me. I'm still only just finding my way through everything and I guess

I always just assumed that my mother wasn't good at mothering but that

she was a great grandmother. But reading this actually makes a lot of

sense. We don't live near her anymore, but she is still very hands on,

it is absolutely perfect to say her grandchildren are her life,

everything revolves around them, my two kids especially, I guess

because she had more access to them than she did with my older

brother and sister.

My mother is untreated, and was diagnosed many years ago but chose

denial.

in Oz (except really! lol Australia)

> Kathleen wrote: The question I have for the group is

this: Do you think there is some correlation between the nada's child

fear of abandonment and then wanting to take over the grandchildren?

Is this a coping mechanism for the abandoned child? That doesn't

make sense. Let me rephrase it. Is there a deal going on between her

adult and her child in which the adult becomes a psuedo parent in

order to allay the abandoned child???

[Guest guest]

It is nice to hear a positive story of a nada being a terrific grandmother. I

have a lot of fears of what my nada could try to pass on to my daughter!

BUtifulGrace

aylaah19 wrote: I'm still new (intro pending

moderation ) but this resonates with

me. I'm still only just finding my way through everything and I guess

I always just assumed that my mother wasn't good at mothering but that

she was a great grandmother. But reading this actually makes a lot of

sense. We don't live near her anymore, but she is still very hands on,

it is absolutely perfect to say her grandchildren are her life,

everything revolves around them, my two kids especially, I guess

because she had more access to them than she did with my older

brother and sister.

My mother is untreated, and was diagnosed many years ago but chose

denial.

in Oz (except really! lol Australia)

> Kathleen wrote: The question I have for the group is

this: Do you think there is some correlation between the nada's child

fear of abandonment and then wanting to take over the grandchildren?

Is this a coping mechanism for the abandoned child? That doesn't

make sense. Let me rephrase it. Is there a deal going on between her

adult and her child in which the adult becomes a psuedo parent in

order to allay the abandoned child???

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