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Dear Care and Feeding,

My whack-a-doodle mother-in-law has always been a big conspiracy nut. For the entire time I have known her, I always simply let her rant and tuned her out. However, my husband and I now have a daughter.

Our daughter is now 3. When Grandma starts raving about how “The Man” is supposedly tracking her with a satellite or the tap water contains secret microchips that allow the government to monitor us or other ridiculous stories, she gets upset and and asks her dad and me if something bad will happen. Attempts on my part to get my mother-in-law to tone it down have resulted in accusations that “they” have gotten to me.

My husband says there’s nothing

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