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Grandparentsinterfering with parenting is nothing new.
Many parents feel that they can still chime in on the decisions of their adult children.
They can criticize everything from what the child is wearing to what theyre eating for dinner.
Sometimes, adult children are not afraid to stand up to their parents and draw the line.
Some do it calmly and constructively.
Others choose a less subtle way.
Likethis mom, who decided to roast her mother a little bit for criticizing hersons long hair.
They might want to wear their wizard costume to bed.
Others might want to watch their siblings theater performance in their hockey uniform.
When it comes to older kids and adolescents, parents should allow their children to express themselves this way.
Clinical Psychologist Dr. Laura Kaster toldParentsthat encouraging children might be their best bet.
Hair can be about many things: self-expression, gender exploration, and rebellion.
Yet, at the end of the day, its just hair.
It grows back if you cut it, and it can be cut if its overgrown.
Glickman warns that trying to control or prohibit a childs hairstyle can lead togenderdysphoria.
According to a survey from thePew Research Center, parenting today is objectively harder.
Modern parents dont only think about their childs safety.
They invest time and effort into their mental health as well.
Parenting is also harder for women nowadays.
Research shows that working women spend as much time with their children as mothers in the 1970s did.
Grandparents should accept that, ultimately, they dont know best.
Their approaches to parenting might be going out of style or completely obsolete today.
More Than Grand recommends grandparents learn parenting.
Talk to parents about whats important to them, and be open minded about new trends like gender-neutral parenting.
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