The In-Law Tug of War, Continued
A mother-in-law writes in for advice about a daughter-in-law who plays favorites and keeps her from spending enough time with her grandchild.
A mother-in-law writes in for advice about a daughter-in-law who plays favorites and keeps her from spending enough time with her grandchild.
A pregnant mom is very angry with her family’s gender-stereotyping issues, and it is causing her stress especially in how it will affect her baby shower. But, we think the issues could be bigger than that….
How do make the leap from two kids to three? Is it a leap of logic or faith or both?
My newborn has colic and now my family is hanging out without me! Are postpartum hormones just making me oversensitive? Please help.
My estranged parents want to build a relationship with me and my infant twins. But they still don’t want to accept my partner as a mother to our sons. I find this unacceptable. I need your advice.
Does your Mother-In-Law make insulting comments when she’s around you and your children? Catherine Connors offers advice for how to deal with the smack talk.
I’m 17 and pregnant. My family is wonderfully helpful…to the point that I’m afraid I won’t be allowed to raise my own baby! How can I ask them to back off without alienating my support system?
A sister and new mom seeks advice on how to handle her brother’s hurtful dismissiveness towards her and her infant son. Can the relationship be saved?
The secret to successfully blending a family is making peace with it being messy and ongoing and scary and wonderful.
When do super-involved and loving grandparents cross the line to monopolizing and need boundaries? Yes, that can happen.
An expectant mom is feeling lots of pressure from her parents to deliver her baby in her homeland rather than in her adopted country. This decision is weighing heavily on her and causing anxiety.
A new mother needs wants to know how to stick to her decision to keep away from her toxic family. We have some advice on where to start.
A mom is very concerned about how her in-laws are subtly and overtly treating her toddler son vis-a-vis his female toddler cousin, which is dripping in gender-bias. She needs advice on how to handle this tricky family situation.
An expectant mom is trying anticipate the balance between her need and wanting of help from her own mom and her husband’s need to private family time on the second time around.
An expat mom is trying to avoid power struggles with her family-by-marriage and now toddler son (too) over the amount and regularity of sweets and unhealthy foods being served in her new and adopted home country.
To me it isn’t even a question.We aren’t getting another dog. It is not going to happen. Nope. Never. Not getting a second dog. No thank you.
Our parents love our daughter but they are resentful that we have set boundaries around our limited private family time together on weekends because they want to see their granddaughter more often. Help! We need advice.
When one parent is ill and the other is in denial…when is it time to step in and start caring for the caretaker?
A reader follows-up with Amalah asking her how life looks like now raising three kids.
Weighing the practicalities versus the emotions of deciding if and/or when to add another child to your family.