Fair shares

Is part of the reason grandparents roles have changed over the years because we as grandparents want it to? I am desperate to takeover childcare when my dil finally returns to work after her maternity leave. I have been excited about it since I found out she was pregnant. Dil mother feels exactly the same. With the exception of one, all of my friends who have childcare responsibilities do so because they want to, and they enjoy the special bond it gives them with their dgc (although some do sometimes feel like they’ve taken on a little too much)

I think not much has changed due to years, but people keep on where GM is, more now than before.

sluttygran you shouldn't feel guilty for leaving a violent husband. I left a violent husband 30 years ago, before there were refuges he was working up the violence scale and I believe might have killed me leaving my son with no parents.

I still get criticism in the family about having left him. I don't say anything back but do think to myself ''well would you rather I was dead''.

We live in the UK not some backward country, women shouldn't have to wait until they are nearly killed to leave a violent husband.

You are right, SparklyGrandma, no one should have to put up with violence, be it mental or physical.
Unfortunately, for those of us of the older generation, a woman’s place is always in the wrong!