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My In-Laws Watched Our Kids While We Were Away. What They Let Them Do at the Beach Was a Breach of Our Trust.
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My In-Laws Watched Our Kids While We Were Away. What They Let Them Do at the Beach Was a Breach of Our Trust.

Slate Magazine·A.J. Daulerio·about 1 month ago
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Care and Feeding Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Getty Images Plus. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column.  Have a question for Care and Feeding?  Submit it here . Dear Care and Feeding, My husband “Ethan” and I have two kids, “Jeremy,” 6, and “Amanda,” 8. This past weekend, they stayed with my in-laws while my husband and I went out of town to attend my cousin’s wedding. While we were gone, they allowed our kids to do something that has me seething. My in-laws live close to a beach, and they took the kids parasailing!  They never cleared this with Ethan and me, and I am flabbergasted they would exercise such poor judgment.  I think his parents have forfeited the right to watch our kids by themselves.  To add insult to injury, my husband is siding with them, claiming they did nothing wrong because the parasailing was conducted by a professional company and Jeremy and Amanda meet the state’s minimum age requirements to parasail with an adult.  Please…

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