How To Deal with Negative Grandparenting

Negative grandparenting can have a negative impact on your children’s development. It can lead to unhealthy relationships, trauma, and emotional problems in adulthood. As a parent, you should always consider the parenting your children receive from their grandparents before entrusting your child to them. If they don't respect your parenting boundaries, don't care about having a true relationship with your children, and aren’t supportive, they should not have access to your children. Negative grandparenting is becoming a norm, and that is not okay. Choose the best, and change the narrative to raise happy, healthy, and strong-willed individuals by creating a new normal for your children.

Join the conversation with your host Sydney Ross as she shares how you can navigate negative grandparenting and be a positive force in your children’s lives. Learn how to fix the negative relationships and stigmas to create a motivated grandparent page in the next 20 years for the next generation.

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In This Episode, You Will Learn:

[00:01] Introduction to the show

[00:49] Today’s focus: Negative Grandparenting

[03:40] Results from a survey on mom’s first-hand experience with grandparenting

[04:55] Storytime: Sydney's positive grandparenting experience

[14:33] Modern parenting and negative grandparenting attitude

[17:27] Grandparents' responses to Sydney's post on grandparenting

[20:18] Prioritizing relationship with grandchildren over less important things

[24:11] Favoritism in grandparenting and how to deal with it

[26:30] How to handle negative grandparenting to create positive relationships

[28:45] Changing your narrative by healing generation traumas

[32:22] Episode wrap up and calls to action

Notable Quotes

• “Just because something seems normal doesn't mean it is okay.”
• “Don’t claim the benefits of being a grandparent without putting in the work.”
• “If people are not positive with your children, your children shouldn’t be around them.”
• “Healing generation trauma is healing seven generations, so it’s worth the work.”
• “It is never too late to try to change and fix things.”
• “It is normal to be a good parent, but it isn't normal to be a good grandparent.”

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Sydney Ross (Host)

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If you want to submit a question or if you want to be on the show, message Sydney at contact@momamapodcast.com.