“All the while I felt anger at being stuck in the middle and not feeling like I could say anything ,” he writes, “because I know my FIL loves his grandkids and this is the main way he knows how to interact with kids.”
And though the OP can be sensitive to the limitations of his FIL, the truth is there is something off about his style of bonding. “If he can find something my kids dislike, he pushes it to the point of my kids being in tears. That’s not normal, right?” he asks.
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And in the midst of the growing conversation about physical boundaries for children, this father is concerned about what the message would have been if he hadn’t said something. “I don’t want my daughter to think that this is how someone should treat her. That thought horrifies me.”
title: “Dad Confronts Fil About Constantly Teasing His Daughter Things Did Not End Well” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-25” author: “Lucy Abed”
“All the while I felt anger at being stuck in the middle and not feeling like I could say anything ,” he writes, “because I know my FIL loves his grandkids and this is the main way he knows how to interact with kids.”
And though the OP can be sensitive to the limitations of his FIL, the truth is there is something off about his style of bonding. “If he can find something my kids dislike, he pushes it to the point of my kids being in tears. That’s not normal, right?” he asks.
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And in the midst of the growing conversation about physical boundaries for children, this father is concerned about what the message would have been if he hadn’t said something. “I don’t want my daughter to think that this is how someone should treat her. That thought horrifies me.”
