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to be irritated by the gransnet survey?

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Oldladyfish · 18/02/2015 21:05

I know there are lots of amazing grandparents out there, but the survey felt annoyingly unrepresentative. As it was only people who actively had grandparental support who took part, it made out that grandparents are doing loads more than they actually are.

I get no help from any of my daughter's grandparents. Am i the only one?

(I must admit that I'm in a totally foul mood as I've been looking after a sick 2yr old by myself, trying to work at the same time, and not feel bitter that what i miss most is having some family support. As a single parent it grates badly enough, but to read about the wonders of grandparents rubbed it in really.)

Am i the only one who has living parents/parents-in-law in the country, and who gets no support? AIBU about that blooming survey?

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RebeccaMumsnet · 19/02/2015 10:27

Hi all,

Thanks for raising this one Oldladyfish , we will have a look and see what's happened here.

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RowanMumsnet · 19/02/2015 11:07

Gah we're so sorry about this - absolutely see why you're a bit peed off about it. Our press release did make it clear that the survey was 'of parents who use grandparents for regular childcare and of grandparents who provide regular childcare', but we were in a rush to get the pages on MN and GN up on Friday evening and we just didn't spot that our language wasn't right on those. Many apologies - we'll make sure they're corrected. And thanks for drawing our attention to it.

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