My parents are very religious Catholics. My husband and I are not religious. We have always treated their religious beliefs with respect and it has never been a cause of tension in our relationship. My husband and I have a son who is almost 3. We enjoy spending time with my folks and my son loves his grandparents. At dinner they always say their prayers, which is fine by me. Recently, my mother has taken to singing a prayer at dinner, very clearly meant for young children with hand motions and everything. Singing it while looking right at my son like she is trying to teach him to do it. This is rather bothersome to me and DH. I am fine with their religion, their prayer before dinner, and if they are watching my son for a weekend or something I don’t care if they bring him to church- I can’t tell them to not be who they are. But the prayer song is rubbing me the wrong way in that it is targeted for a young child and she is encouraging participation.It seems like I need to set some boundaries here. Any advice for doing so? I’ll wait till after the Christmas weekend for sure. Or am I being a little over sensitive on this? via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2pqyWjv
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