How Do I Say No To My Grandkids?

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Eric loves his grandchildren but he can't stand how they treat his home, now they want to visit for vacation and he doesn't know how to tell them "no". Email questions or comments: [email protected] - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:12.4	Eric, welcome to the program. on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:13.0	Eric, welcome to the program.
0:15.8	Thank you very much.
0:17.2	Thank you.
0:18.6	What can I have?
0:20.6	Okay, so I have a son who's about 39 and a daughter-in-law who's about about 37-38, and we have two
0:26.9	granddaughters. Now, I love these kids, but here's the rub.
0:33.7	They come down to visit us.
0:35.6	They walk in the front door and the two girls,
0:38.8	they start doing cartwheels, they treat my home
0:41.6	like it's a gymnasium. They snack, they graze all day long with crumbs all over the house.
0:47.0	Now my wife and I are on the same page by the way about this.
0:50.0	They had zero respect for me, for my wife.
0:54.0	It's incredibly stressful and they have no respect for the house.
0:58.0	And the most important thing is, my poor golden retriever,
1:01.0	that he has drive her completely bananas.
1:03.6	So my question is, they want to come back, and they've been here before.
1:07.4	We thought it would get better, but unfortunately or regrettably, it did not. So I'm just curious as to how to go about handling that
1:17.0	because in the perfect world I would say look you guys need to go to a hotel.
1:20.0	All right the house is not big enough for all of us.
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