Dear Abby: My husband doesn’t approve of me taking care of my granddaughter

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A grandmother seeking Dear Abby's advice faces a domestic conflict: her husband opposes her plan to watch their granddaughter several days a week to support her son and daughter-in-law. The letter highlights a classic marital tension between individual family obligations and spousal priorities. Abby's response navigates the competing interests, the grandmother's desire to help her adult child, the husband's concerns about time and energy, and the need for the couple to reach a mutual agreement. The column exemplifies how generational caregiving expectations can strain marriages when partners haven't aligned on family involvement.