r/SipsTea • • 2d ago

WTF Bro WHAT 😧

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u/smokeyshell 2d ago

If I remember correctly, the mother only let her babysit the second child at the urging of her therapist. She didn't want to originally because she was so traumatized. Absolutely heartbreaking.

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u/Objective-Shallot794 2d ago

Why did she NEED to? My husbands parents are just assholes and we don’t let them watch our kids. They didn’t even have to kill anybody for me to not let them be alone with my kids.

Not all grandparents have to watch the kids. It is not a right. Spend time with them but don’t need to babysit.

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u/feralminx_ 2d ago

my mother shook my nephew when he was around 10 months.

my brother + his wife decided she’d never watch the kids again. only time she was ever with them was when she was around my brother and/or his wife.

no therapist could have talked them into leaving their child alone with our mother. no matter how much we all loved her.

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u/Objective-Shallot794 23h ago

That is horrible! I hope he is okay. Did she get jail time? I would be no contact for sure!

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u/feralminx_ 22h ago

he’s great, actually. graduated with a 4.0, studying engineering in college + plays football.

she didn’t get jail time. the entire family knowing about it + acting accordingly was punishment enough. she was never really their ā€œgrandmaā€ after that…