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<p><strong>Dear Annie:</strong> We have adorable, healthy twin grandchildren who are 2 years old. Unfortunately, they don&#8217;t live near us, but we are able visit them every few months. We can see that our daughter and son-in-law, both of whom work full-time, are good parents and, in most things, they show excellent judgment. Our daughter and son-in-law want the twins to attend a Montessori preschool this fall, three or four days a week. My husband went nuts when he heard this. He insists the twins are too young. He thinks a day or two each week would be OK, but more than that is too much. I agree, but I also say that, having expressed our opinion, we should now stay out of it. My husband insists we owe it to our grandchildren to &#8220;stick to our guns.&#8221; He says that if our daughter and son-in-law do not change their minds, he will stop sending them the money we have been giving to help with child-care expenses. I am not sure why he is so worked up about this, but he is and he doesn&#8217;t change his mind easily. I am afraid we are headed for some big family trouble. What should we do? &#8212; Grandmother</p><p><strong> Dear Grandmother:</strong> Your husband has absolutely NO business telling his daughter where to send her children to school or when. Are you giving them money to help with expenses, or is it an effort to retain control over their decisions? Trying to control them is a sure way to an estrangement, as you have surmised. You&#8217;ve raised a daughter with good judgment, so please trust her. And rest assured, no reputable preschool will accept children for a program if they are too young to handle it. We strongly recommend that your husband arrange to pay a visit to the school and see exactly what he is objecting to. It will help alleviate his concerns.</p><p><strong>Dear Annie:</strong> I read with interest the letter from &#8220;Alaska or Bust,&#8221; whose husband unclicked his seatbelt and the pinging from the seatbelt-violation warning drove her nuts. It reminded me of myself 20 years ago. I was visiting my brother, who is an ophthalmologist, and we got into his car to drive to dinner. He buckled his seatbelt and just kept sitting there. Finally, I became impatient and asked him when he was going to get moving. He said, &#8220;I have taken the eyes out of too many people who have gone through the windshield in an accident, and this car will not move until everyone is buckled up.&#8221; That stuck with me ever since, and now I always buckle up. &#8212; Smarter Now</p><p><strong>Dear Smarter:</strong> We were dismayed at the number of readers who offered suggestions on how to disarm the pinging while not wearing a seatbelt. People are entitled to be reckless, but we have no intention of publicizing their ideas. The car should not move until everyone is buckled up, and if someone decides to take off the seatbelt midtrip, the driver should pull over and stop.</p><p><strong>Annie&#8217;s Snippet</strong> for Grandparents&#8217; Day (Credit basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski): &#8220;It&#8217;s funny what happens when you become a grandparent. You start to act all goofy and do things you never thought you&#8217;d do. It&#8217;s terrific.&#8221;</p><style>
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Annie’s Mailbox: Preschool prejudice