It's California. A house/apartment/studio is hard to come by, even though my wife and I both work full-time. We share a house with my in-laws (wife's sister, husband, daughter, and step-son) we manage ok. But I feel there is a definite clash of parenting styles. My issue today (there's quite a list. But this has been bothering me lately) is that my niece (she's 4 - my son is three) only really plays with my son. I know... it sounds odd... For example - my in-laws kept he home all weekend when my family was out of town. We got several calls and text messages (from my sister in-law, not my niece) asking when we were going to be home so my niece had someone to play with. My sister in law leaves my niece to her own devices to spend hours half watching tv half cleaning. So when I get around to my own cleaning and give my son something to keep him busy... it becomes an activity where I have to supervise both children. When we get done with all our chores and want to go out... my sister in law lets her niece guilt us into including her... my niece sits outside our bedroom door waiting for us to wake up (bedtime is a whole story in itself...) via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2vvfGj5
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