Esther Rantzen is the worst journalist ever! Mil vs Dil relationship

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Has anyone read the pile of crap Esther Rantzen wrote in the Daily mail?

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4838198/Loving-grannies-frozen-daughters-law.html

What a one sided article is that? She seems to paint all grandparents as heroes and martyrs!

What about the nasty grandmother who turns into a horrible monster the minute a baby is on the scene?

It's one person's point of view. I wouldn't get too excited about it.

Exactly! The blame was squarely put down all to DIls fault! How is that journalism without giving both side of the story?

It's the DM, what do you expect?

It's a story. It's there for a reaction. And it's got the sad faces!

A nice piece about how relationships between mils and dils can be strained sometimes with viewpoints from both sides and strategies to help - where's the drama.

Yet again there are those in that article who have no idea why they have been cut off. And those people are a big red flag.

I think Esther would also do well to read this particular article:-

www.issendai.com/psychology/estrangement/

Yeah, I did read that this morning and could picture my MIL saying all these things and nodding to herself as she read it. She's an regular Daily Fail reader, so I suspect she has. I also suspect those MIL's left out some details, like in my case, the paedophile she gave access to my dd and her continual refusal to believe she did anything wrong and he is anything more than a nice, harmless man who has been wronged by the world (never mind the prison sentence he served). But I guess there are lots of MIL's (and mother's) who are in those situations who are in complete denial about the damage they've caused and that story resonates with them and the Daily Fail is out to sell stories after all.

Yes reminds me of when I did divorce law and would feel so sorry for my lovely hard done by male clients. Until I received the particulars of his unreasonable behaviour from the other side...

I have to say though it did strike a bit of fear in me that grandparents could be in contact with schools and potentially get information or access that way. We've been very careful not to let MIL know what school our daughter will be attending, but it's so easy for it to slip from another family member or just for her to do some research (the school posts lots of photos on the website). The idea of letters showing up to her school (when we have banned any contact on our end) is scary. I have wondered if it's something I need to mention to the school, but I assumed they don't let children have contact with adults who aren't their parents or aren't a known carer who has been given permission to collect them, etc. But you never know, do you?

She sat on the fact JS was monster. I'm not surprised at her squewed thinking tbh