Her granddaughter still doesn't know her ABC's!

You made a great point here...why isn't the grandmother teaching her? My daughter is an excellent mom and puts a lot of time into her family. Still there are things that I teach my grandchildren and I also reinforce what my daughter and her husband are teaching them. If my daughter were not doing something that I felt a parent should do such as this, I am close enough to her that I would ask her about it. I actually don't see us even in this situation. She was raised with the same values that I have. If anything, I see her doing better than I did and being even a better mom than I was. I am so so proud of her. She has a great job and a wonderful husband. They own a beautiful home and they are so active and involved in their children's lives. If my daughter were like this woman that you describe, I would have to get involved. I don't know these people and I don't want to judge but it really sounds as if the dysfunction has been maybe handed down for generations. Forgive me if I am wrong on that but to me, that is what it sounds like.

I don't really know why the grandaughter is not being thought those simple things! I am surprised grandma doesn't start teaching the basic's to her granddaughter! I think the parents are either lazy or don't realize how important it is! Whatever the reason this isn't good!

I thought the same thing, but didn't say it, because I thought surely she had some reason, such as not being allowed steady access? Has she not asked them to let her teach them? Maggiepie "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." ~ Alexis de Tocqueville

I really don't remember my parents teaching any of that stuff! I know all my nieces and nephews were taught the basic's before they went to school.I know my oldest grand-nephew is! What surprises me the most about this is you'd think Grandma would teach her granddaughter this stuff instead of complaining about it!

I don't think the parents are that busy to teach theor daughter. I thimk they are lazy and want the school system to do it! I have heard alot of parents don't even bother to teach their children the basic's because they feel it is the schools job to do it! (I work with a woman who's husband is a teacher and that is where I got that formation.) I wish the grandma would at least teach her grandchild instead of complaining about it!

I agree. It is sad that parents think that. Between Sesame Street and my stay at home mom and being in a good Nursery school. I Knew my ABC's and 123's when I reached Kindergarden , I believe.