tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270641439730683782.post42612895437873285..comments2023-09-30T09:06:01.693-07:00Comments on The Retread Parent- Both Sides, Now: Enabling Grandparents: Case In PointDual Role Grandmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10829496093118310922noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270641439730683782.post-29829357254966728252009-01-31T15:46:00.000-08:002009-01-31T15:46:00.000-08:00I am so thoroughly enjoying reading your thoughts ...I am so thoroughly enjoying reading your thoughts on this. I have been watching on the sidelines--although occasionally being drawn into--the dramas of several adult children out of a family of eleven children (the youngest of whom is 11) where "Grandma" and "Grandpa" just don't know what to do anymore. In some cases, the situation deteriorates so badly that the police become involved (although, somehow the children remain with the adult child...) and then it blows over, and the grandparents believe the adult child is "changing his/her ways" until the next time when it starts all over again. And you are so right in understanding their motivation. Grandma (especially) is terrified of losing contact with the grandchildren and then not having any idea what might happen to them. Grandma and Grandpa have been foster parents for 30 plus years and it is simply heartwrenching to watch them dealing with the exact same behaviors that their foster situations were like.<BR/><BR/>Lots of prayer...and thanks for sharing...<BR/><BR/>JaneJane (a.k.a. patjrsmom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04315726536529466575noreply@blogger.com