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I'd much rather my daughter let me take care of my grandkids then send them off to daycare. What's the best way handle this?

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I'm taking care of my grandchildren during the day as my daughter just returned to work. The situation is supposed to be temporary until they can find daycare ... but I'm finding that I love my time alone with my grandkids. I don't want to disrupt her plan, but I don't think she needs to pay for daycare when I'm having so much fun! What do you suggest I do?

A:

As a grandmother myself, I’d encourage you to tell your daughter how much you love spending time with your grandchildren. Why don’t you see if you can arrangement with your daughter to have your grandchildren go to daycare parttime, then the expense will be less and you'll have a couple days a week with the grandkids and some time for yourself to do other things, too. This way allows both you and your daughter some freedoms as well.

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