Yes she may be ill and who knows about dementia. There has never been a report about that. If my mother had dementia (she’s 93)I’d still want my daughter to see her and spend time with her unless she was very violent (physically or verbally because of the dementia). If she were just ill then I’d certainly want the kids to see her and I know my daughter would have wanted to see her grandmother. I also know my mother would want to see her granddaughter. When my grandmother was dying she held on long enough for us to get to Michigan from California so she could see her great granddaughter one more time. It was very special for both of them.
The question is do they have a relationship? I don’t know if they have a relationship with Michelle’s parents either. The same question applies. If they do what kind and if they don’t why not?
With all due respect, have you ever been around a loved one with dementia? They often cannot remember who you are, even if they raised you...and you just reminded them who you were two minutes ago.
When my grandfather had Alzheimer’s, he thought he was a 22 year old sailor in the navy, and that my grandmother was his grandmother. He used to flirt with the nurses and staff in the hospital right in front of her. Our kids in elementary school. I saw no need to expose them to that.
Agreed.
And I 've been thinking that as well, that it's a lot easier to assume a woman in her 90s may be ailing than to create complicated scenarios just to find one more thing not to like about Obama. Like many others on this thread, I find politics and beliefs to be plenty to judge.
And if she is ailing, this may be a time when I, gulp, might do the same thing (double gulp).
I'd want my children to spend time with her, but not wear her out. An hour or so is about the right amount of time before you start having young children having problems with sitting in a room with someone with dementia. And I know when I brought young children to spend time with my NON-demented aunt who was in her late-90s, an hour was about as long as she could muster the energy to interact with children in a way she liked. After that, she just needed to nap!