Dear Queenie,
My neighbors’ teenage daughter always comes to my house when my pre-school-age grandchildren are visiting me. She doesn’t have a lot of friends and I know she is lonesome and I don’t want to offend her, but she butts in on my time with my grandchildren.
Queenie, how can I get her to stay away?—Annoyed grandmother
Dear Grandmother,
Does your neighbour girl have a grandmother of her own? Maybe she is just trying to get a feel for what this kind of relationship is like.
Do not shut her out, but make her limit the frequency of her visits. And maybe if you ever need a babysitter it could be her (assuming you would trust her alone with your grandchildren)?
