That is not the same as beating him over the head with your opinion. Pointed questions are your friend, because when you say to him, “Okay you don’t ‘know’ why, but why do you think our child is making such a big deal of this?” — and ask, “In [child]’s place, what do you imagine wanting your grandma to say/your dad to do?” — he will likely come to a better understanding than if you’d just demanded he think what you think.
