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If you want help from the village,sometimes it means playing by their rules

More than half of Australian parents say they rely on grandparents for some form of child care, and as author Jessie Stephens can attest, sometimes that requires relaxing your parenting boundaries and meeting in the middle.

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Lucy Sweeney and Grace Pashley27 Aug 2026, 06:30 pmUpdated 3h ago1 min readAsiaAustralia
If you want help from the village, sometimes it means playing by their rules

AustraliaLucy Sweeney and Grace Pashley

More than half of Australian parents say they rely on grandparents for some form of child care, and as author Jessie Stephens can attest, sometimes that requires relaxing your parenting boundaries and meeting in the middle.

This report is published with credit to ABC News Australia. The wire sent a summary; open the original for any extra context. Read on ABC News Australia

Source: ABC News Australia · Lucy Sweeney and Grace Pashley. Published 27 Aug 2026, 06:30 pm.

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