Care and Feeding: How can I get my mother-in-law to butt out?

A 6-year-old daughter is a happy, well-adjusted child.

Her mother-in-law is convinced Evelyn needs a sibling so she doesn't grow up “spoiled and lonely.

All our assurances that she and her parents are fine with things as they are fall on deaf ears.

Tell her directly to butt out.

The problem is that my sister is blaming Blair for “killing” her fish and demanding that we pay for new ones.

Blair feels terrible about what happened, but she did a temperature check of the water before she left on the last day they were alive.

Now she says Blair and her cousins (with whom she is very close) can’t play together until we buy new fish.

A 5-year-old had a fairly smooth transition to kindergarten after only limited preschool experiences.

He seems to have friends, be well liked by his classmates, and is testing academically at about average or a little above.

No matter what a grandparent thinks the right way to be a parent to their grandchild is, it's not their place to say so.