Originally Posted by Agent99
The other key difference between us and our European counterparts is their inherent family structure. As OP mentioned, we are much more mobile here in the states, and often end up raising our children away from extended families.

A trip to grandma's would've gone a long way to restoring our sanity!

A quick trip to grandma's in my family was a trigger for chaos. DD would find out her normal boundaries didn't apply there, so she'd come home and check her boundaries again. My MIL was convinced we were traumatizing DD by putting her on timeouts at such an early age.