How Do You Cope With A Criticising Grandmother?
• Look at the criticism as objectively as you can. Does she criticize your weight, saying you’re too thin or too fat? Does she shake her head at the length of your dress, when you dress quite modestly? Perhaps she constantly tells you how much food you should be eating, how much to exercise, and whether your friends are acceptable. What exactly is it that she says? • Decide whether her the area of her criticism is any of her business. If she interrogates you on how much you eat and how much you weigh, it isn’t. However, if she criticizes you about throwing food at her guests, that certainly is her business. • Realize that an obsession over a certain aspect of you probably comes from early in her life. If she’s obsessed with your weight she probably had/has an issue with food and weight. They aren’t entirely sane when it comes to the subject, and they probably couldn’t help it anyway. • Accept responsibility if you are behaving unacceptably. Sometimes criticism is for a good reason, and
