Everyone in the family has a great time when a new member comes home. But having a child changes more than just the nursery and baby showers. It also changes a lot about how parents talk to each other. It’s not just about taking care of the baby; it’s also a test of how close the two people are to each other.

They’ve been together for ten years.

“Hey!” Camila wrote us a letter from the heart. Your platform has always been great because it lets people say what they think without any restrictions. On my page, you and I have talked about different stories and helped each other out. Okay, let’s talk about something that happened with my son. What do you think?

What the woman said first: “My son Michael has always been determined.” He did well in school, sports, and everything else he did as a child. I liked that about them and tried to get them to keep it up. But as he got older, his determination sometimes turned into a meanness that worried me.
Michael married Lisa while they were both still in college. They quickly became friends because they liked the same things and were alike. After college, they both had good jobs and got along well with each other.

After the baby was born, her son did a lot of different things.
“But after their child was born six months ago, everything changed,” Camila says next. Lisa quit her job because the birth was hard, and she won’t be going back after her leave. It was important for her to get better and spend more time with the child.

Michael started to say bad things about Lisa about small things. The house was too dirty. Making dinner took too long. She was asleep or watching TV when he got home, which made him mad. He didn’t see how tired she was at night, how the baby needed constant care, or how busy she was during the day. He only saw something he thought was being lazy.
My son stopped doing chores because he thought Lisa could do everything on her own when she wasn’t working. He was also too tired from work to do anything else around the house himself. When things got really bad between them, they chose to split up.

“Michael moved in with me after we broke up.” Everything that happened made me very sad. Michael never seemed to remember the things I taught him about being kind and respectful. “Then I knew it was time to teach him something he would never forget.”

He’ll always remember what she taught him.

Camila made a plan: “I chose to surprise my daughter-in-law with a gift and promise to watch my granddaughter while she was away on a short vacation for a week.”
It was dinner time. I told my son that Lisa was going away for a week and gave him some things to do. Lisa often did many things in one day. Every morning at 6 a.m., she would make breakfast, get the baby ready, clean the house, do laundry, cook, go grocery shopping, and a lot more. Michael looked at the list, and as he did, his face slowly changed from one of confusion to one of understanding.

“I want you to take care of the baby and run the house for a week, just like Lisa did,” I said in a calm voice. The maid or nanny didn’t do anything to help. You need to know what she did every day, though. If things get too bad, I’ll watch over my granddaughter.

In just a few days, the house went from being nice to being awful.
Camila continues her story by saying, “Michael reluctantly agreed.” It was a mess on the first day. He got up too late, had trouble getting the baby ready, and messed up breakfast. By noon, the house was a mess. By the third day, he was tired. He couldn’t keep up because he was always busy with the baby, the laundry, and the housework.

“By the end of the week, Michael was a different person.” He sat down next to me and started to cry. His words were, “Mom, I had no idea.” I didn’t think she worked that hard. I believed she was just slacking off. I didn’t care about her, so I lost her.
“Michael, it’s still possible to fix things,” I told him as I hugged him.Tell her you’re sorry and that you get it. “Prove to her that you’ve changed.”

This story has a happy ending.
At the end of her letter, Camila writes, “Michael paid attention to what I said.” He told Lisa he was sorry for what he had done. Lisa finally got that he was doing his best, even though it took a while and wasn’t easy. They chose to try to fix their relationship for the sake of their daughter.

Michael will always remember what he learned. Anyhow, I hope so. What would you do? Or maybe someone in the crowd has been through the same thing and could help them save their relationship?”

Someone else wrote to tell them about their unique way of raising their kids and to ask other parents for help. “I never force my son to say SORRY and THANK YOU—it could psychologically traumatize him,” she stated. She wants to know if other parents have had the same problems with how they raise their kids because she hears bad things about it a lot.

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