How To Avoid Potential Conflicts When Traveling With Extended Family Members

How can I avoid potential conflicts when traveling with extended family members?

Conflicts can be avoided in a lot of ways. One, is when I talk about rules. Not just forgetting the fact that you are on neutral ground - my parents, for example, would have different rules with my kids than I would have. I think it's really important that you set the rules in advance with your parents or your in-laws about what the limits are going to be. Kids understand limits, but they don't understand limits if parents give one set of limits, and grandparents give another. You need to agree upon that in advance. Let the grandparents take the children somewhere, or just close your mouth, and leave the room. I did that when my husband diapered the baby. You never want to tell someone who's helping you, someone that's having such a wonderful relationship with the child that they're doing something wrong. And the way to avoid it is to just turn around, and walk out of the room.