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They are big on their idea of safety. If this was America in the 80's, they would be considered super safety conscious. However, they think any post-80's safety standards or practices are overprotective and unnecessary. It's not that they are laid back about safety at all- just that they reject the idea that there have been advancements since they were parents/

It depends. My mom gets a little huffy when I tell her that something she suggests isn't considered safe anymore (FF at < one, bumpers), but in other aspects, she's TOO safety concious to the point of being annoying. She made me switch H's seat once at a restaurant because she was afraid that the waitress would drop the tray of fajitas on her and burn her (um, most likely NOT going to happen). My MIL mostly respects our choices, but doesn't understand why we don't want her smoking in the house while we are there with H. She also smokes in the car, so H will never ride with her. Car seat safety is a big one with both parents, but I think they would listen to us.

I don't think either sets of parents are really update to date with the most recent safety procedures for babies!

Like car seat safety, etc? Totally. Both sets take that very seriously. DH and his mom tend to be more helicoptery and it kind of drives me bananas, while my parents and I kinda let LO do whatever unless it's blatantly dangerous. So all in all, I feel like LO's safety is being looked out for sufficiently, thank goodness.