One woman is trying to set a boundary with her mother-in-law after feeling like her “emotions have reached the tipping point.”

In a post on Redditthe woman explained that her 2-year-old son is having his first Christmas concert at school. Since neither of her parents can attend due to work, she “thought it would be fair for only my husband and I to attend.”

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However, she planned to record the performance and send it to all the grandparents.

“I’m set in my decision, but I’m worried about how my MIL will react/how she’ll treat me because she has quite a history of overstepping,” the woman shared.

Adding context, the woman explained that she lives with her in-laws and her son is the only grandchild on both sides, so he is “very spoiled.”

Despite living with her partner’s parents, she noted that she and her mother-in-law “do not see eye to eye.”

“I feel she does a lot of things to purposely upset me. It started when she brought her family into my hospital room when I explicitly said I didn’t want visitors for at least a week and was recovering from an emergency cesarean and subsequent infection,” she wrote. “Since then, she has given my son countless amounts of gum/sweets/toys, got him addicted to YouTube videos and TV, and enables every tantrum he has.”

Worst of all, the woman shared that her mother-in-law frequently drives her toddler without a car seat.

“I’ve told her and my FIL countless times to make sure my son is in his car seat the entire time they’re in the car, but they always take him out or leave it in the house because ‘he was crying too much and didn’t like it,’” she wrote. “I can’t help but feel constantly disrespected but I can’t do anything because my husband and I don’t have the funds to move out.”

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She noted that she has had “so many breakdowns out of frustration” regarding her mother-in-law overstepping. For instance, when she tries to comfort her son, her mother-in-law will grab the little one out of her arms “so that she can be the one that ultimately stops his crying.”

“It’s gotten to the point where my son automatically asks for her whenever he’s crying and it makes me feel like absolute s— and incapable of being a mother. He always wants to be with her because he knows she says yes to anything he asks for,” she wrote. “My husband notices and tries to intervene, but at the end of the day, he can’t stand up to her because he’s a mama’s boy himself. I feel trapped in this house.”

So the frustrated mom took to Reddit to ask for advice.

“I’m sorry this spiraled. I feel like this should’ve been such an easy thing to do, but every decision I make is always met with resistance from her and all my emotions have reached the tipping point,” she wrote.

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People in the comments section told the woman she needs to stand up for herself and her son and move out as soon as possible.

“You need to grow a backbone. This is YOUR child. You don’t have to stand by while they endanger your child or disrespect your boundaries and force you out of a parenting role,” one user wrote. “The stakes are too high with not using the car seat. Imagine if something happened, and you allowed this to continue.”

“Your husband needs to step up and if you are living with them, you need to be able to hold your own as well. You and your husband need to consider what options you have for moving out because this is not sustainable,” they continued.

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“Honestly and gently, the issue is not the Christmas concert,” another person added. “That alone, I would argue that you probably shouldn’t stop them from attending just because your parents can’t make it. I don’t think that’s fair.”

“HOWEVER, there seems to be so many reasons why you wouldn’t want them involved and I think that’s what is sparking this. If my in-laws disrespected me like yours have I wouldn’t want them near my child, let alone at a Christmas concert.”