I can’t stand overbearing parents.

I know a woman who because her son was extremely premature she’s way to over protective. He’s completely fine now and stopped going to the preemie doctor a long time ago.

The kids two and a half years old and has never spent the night away from home, grandma asks ALL THE TIME, because “she won’t take care of him like I take care of him.” He’s never been away from either of his parents for more then 3 hours, which was when I watched him for her to go to the ER.

She goes EVERYWHERE with disinfectant wipes and hand sanitizer, if the kid is in THEIR back yard playing and gets his hands dirty she’s right there with wipes every 5 seconds. We went to the playground and she followed him around doing the same thing, then she said something to me about not doing the same thing.

The kids not allowed to play in the mud or be in the rain at all.

She makes him take a bath twice a day everyday, even if it’s been raining and he hasn’t gotten dirty.

Then when he gets sick (which is often)she’s so surprised and so upset. She doesn’t realize kids need to be exposed to germs and bacteria to build their immune systems. I’ve tried explaining it to her but she won’t listen.

We used to be close friends and bonded over have preemie babies (my son is a good bit older though) but I can’t handle helicopter parents.