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One thing I’ve always wanted is to have a child who gets to spend time with my parents. I’ve never had grandparents I could do that with. Now, since my LG has been born, we FT my parents everyday! I can tell she enjoys listening to my parents too!
I figure as long as you remain in control of the phone and they aren’t able to access anything away from FT itself, then it’s okay and remains Your Item rather than just handing it over. It might be something to discuss in the future on how often you want them to be on it, likely little one will get a bit tired of being on it after a while…my nephew is one and a half and he will say hello and smiles for a bit but then just runs off to play x
My boy has someone FT him every day since baby not really the Gparents its more my besties and my sisters and my brother, and now his older cousins lol, my sisters and I have a group chat so when I call we’re on call altogether, he had an IPad from 3yrs and he asks me before he calls but he’s got like 6-7 people on his iPad he can call at anytime. He always asks first though and if I know they’re busy or they’re at work etc I tell him and he understands. He doesn’t really use the iPad besides that, and rewatching videos in the video gallery that I’ve recorded from our outings. The way I see it he’s bleased to have people that care about him and a village that loves him and wants to see him, not every child has that.
My parents live in a different country so FT is the best way to keep in touch. I really want my parents to be as involved as possible and I want my baby to get to know them too and not just see them for 2-3 weeks a year. It’s the only screen time I really don’t mind them having.
I don’t think it would be an issue, my parents live in Australia and I in the UK, so I love FaceTiming them with our 7month old as I think it’s nice he sees his grandparents on my side regularly and they see their grandson. We FaceTime almost every day and he absolutely loves it. It’s the only real screen time and he doesn’t crave screen time, he loves playing with his toys and being with people
I installed the kids messenger on my iPad so it's a larger screen for my boy to see his great grandma, and it's not right in his face
It wouldn’t be something I would worry about, I think it’s nice that the grandparents are making the effort, many don’t and coming from someone who lost their mum last year, embrace them whilst you can