“Can we stop shaming parents for having a break from their kids while they spend quality time with their grandparents?”
In an emotional post on Facebook, Caitlin Fladager, made a request at a societal level.
She got real with parents all over the world, using her platform of several hundred thousands of followers.
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“I don’t know when it became so un-normalized for children to have a good, close relationship with their grandparents.”
Fladager talked about the shaming she would receive
when she would talk about letting her kids stay with their grandparents for a night once a week.
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“‘I could never let my kids be watched by someone else weekly!’ They often say.
“They are not ‘being watched.’ They are spending important time with their grandma and papa.”
Her post was accompanied by a heart warming photo of her kids with their grandparents!
Everyone is having a blast in the photo!
“My parents look forward to having my children once a week, and plan out so many exciting activities to do with them.
“My children also can’t wait for the day that they know they get to spend the whole time with their grandparents, and constantly ask when they get to go see papa and grandma again.”
How much proof do you need that her children are obviously being
well taken care of and that everyone is better for it?
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“Stop looking at it as ‘oh wow they just dump their kids off on their parents.’
“We are a family.
“We help each other.
“We take care of each other.“No one is being dumped on anyone.”
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Fladager’s online platform is largely focused around her journey through motherhood and all of its ups and downs! Seriously, two minutes scrolling through her instagram posts will tell you that she is a fantastic mother and that she has seriously done reading and researching.
She lives for her kids and aims to give them the most loving upbringing possible
while affording them ample room to grow and opportunities that few others could get!
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“Start looking at it as ‘wow, how awesome those kids are growing up so close to their grandparents. Their time left on earth is uncertain, so how great they get to make memories right now.’
“My kids keep my parents young, and my parents teach my kids things I can’t yet.”
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“It takes a village to raise children, and I am forever grateful for mine.”
“I will be forever grateful my kids are so close to their grandparents.
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“It’s one of the most important relationships they will ever have.”
“I will be forever grateful for my village.”
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Thankfully, the internet really came in clutch this time.
Fladager received an outpouring of support.
Thousands of people all wrote messages of support all saying more or less the same thing:
“I grew up seeing my grandparents all the time and it was so important to me!”
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Seriously, this shouldn’t even be a debate. Imagine losing your grandparents only to realize you had barely spent any time with them outside of family holidays and gatherings?
They’re incredibly important people in your life!
Without them you wouldn’t exist!
They have a vast wealth of knowledge to share (some might even say a lifetime) and they’re there to support and guide you in ways that your parents just cannot.
Keep on keepin’ on Caitlin, don’t let anyone get you down! You responded perfectly!
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