With the kids and me being sick and all, it was time to call in the cavalry in the form of Por-Por (maternal grandma). I did not expect my mother to take this role so literally as I walked into a scene, complete with sound effects and bad acting, where she and Ah Hei were pretend shooting dead each other with improvised lego toy guns.
No disrespect to my mother as she is a great Por-Por, it's just that she has never read a "Western" parenting book, and thus has not caught up with what is trendy/ right/ appropriate/ faddy these days. Her generation didn't need all this "advice" paraphernalia like we seem to do.
However, this parenting style chasm does seem to be a source of much stress (to me anyway) sometimes. Do I say something or not?? Is it right to "parent your parent" (especially in Chinese filial culture)? More often than not, I'm forced to let it slide, as my words are ignored anyway and I'm left with hearing much mumbling and grumbling all uttered purposely within earshot.
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