Title: I’m 80 and my single daughter is bullying me into childcare
Article Snip: "Now is the time to say ‘No!’ It will feel frightening, but you must do it anyway and, with time, you will feel more confident...Last year I had to stay at her house for three weeks while she did a course. As time went on it became clear that her course would mean she would be away on far more occasions. We sold our house in Spain so that we could be on hand even more. I found this sale stressful and my health deteriorated during that time. The completion date was to be on a day when she wanted me to be with our grandson. I told her I would have to be in Spain and she was extremely nasty, bullying me into changing the day to suit her. We had to change the documents and rush everything. We then had to dash up by car to look after my grandson. ...we've created now is a generation of kids where adolescence is the new childhood, where they're coddled and they're over parented and they're over protected." ...psychologist says hyper-vigilant parents are projecting their worries onto their children, leading to new generations with serious mental health issues. "Children are not fragile," said Dr. Simon Sherry."
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