[Pollster1]

I vaguely recall a legal case in which grandparents sued for the right to see their grandchildren, in an intact marriage, and won. I know that, as a parent, I would take extreme offense at any such demand and would work to circumvent or subvert any such court order. Additional information.

[Persevero]

Exactly, Pollster. What if I am a Christian and the grandparents like to insinuate that Christianity is for dummies?

Or if I forbid swearing and the grandparents insist on it around the kids?

What if I ban sugar and the GPs like to sneak cookies? What if I am a conservative and the GPs like to have my kids listen to NPR??

What if I am concerned that the GPs are fishing for lies to accuse me with and make me lose custody of the kids? They can’t assert any sort of abuse or neglect if they have no interaction with them.

What if the GPs had a history of abuse of me or others? What if they were never convicted, but I knew it was true? What if I just suspected it?

What if some of my GPs friends give me the heebie jeebies and I worry that said friends are going to “come around” when my kids are there? What if I think their driving skills are really poor and I can’t trust them not to drive my kids places?

What if they watch questionable movies or tv shows I don’t want my kids to see? What if they are nudists? What if I am a teetotalar and they drink?

Etc.

You know, I’m the parent. The buck stops here. If I don’t think my kids are better off being with their GPs, I don’t. I should not have to so much as defend my reasons to any court.

[Casie]

I agree with you completely. What a bad decision to over-ride a parent's rights. My Dad protected us completely from his family. We grew up spoiled and happy and blissfully ignorant of subjects like alcoholism, domestic violence and crime. Besides, we had amazing grandparents and extended family on Mom's side so we hardly noticed the absence of Dad's people until we were old enough to really understand.