Toxic Grandparenting: A Mother's Instincts

Your parental instincts save your child's life. When my mother-in-law started telling

me how she loved my kids much more than she'd ever loved me, I was just happy

we had a free babysitter. But then, my kids started acting strange after visiting her.

First, it was the flinching. My six year old daughter literally ducked when I tried

to high five her. My husband noticed too, but brushed it off as her being tired.

The next pickup was worse. My son's hands were shaking like he'd seen something terrifying.

My daughter cried the entire ride home. I asked them directly if grandma ever

heard him. They looked at each other with these wide scared expressions and shook their