As I talked about my approach to childcare, I felt it was important to clarify that my parents live too far away and work full-time. I’ve never expected them to take on the role of primary caregivers and would not ask them to do so, even if I could. I value our relationships too much to want that kind of dependency.
The joy of being a grandparent is being able to spoil the grandchildren without the rigors of everyday parenting. I think asking them to take on full-time childcare robs them of that joy. There’s a significant change in the dynamic when you’re relying on your parents for childcare.
I believe that when a grandparent becomes the primary caretaker, they're no longer just grandparents but transition into a service role that can alter the parent-child relationship as well. I want my parents to be relatives, not caregivers, and I wouldn’t want to create expectations around their role.
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