My son looked terrified, frozen in place, too afraid to respond. I stepped in immediately, demanding to know what she thought she was doing. She brushed it off like it was nothing, claiming she was just teaching him manners because I refused to. When I told her she had crossed a serious line, she doubled down, calling me and my husband weak parents and saying she should’ve never trusted me with her son—or her grandkids.

I called for my husband and told him everything. Without a word, he looked at her, then at our son, and calmly said she wouldn’t be seeing the kid again—at least not until she apologized. Maybe not even then. Now I’m wondering… did we overreact by banning her from seeing her grandson? Does she deserve another chance?