Embracing the MIL Silent Treatment
An expectant mom needs advice on how to handle her overbearing MIL now that she’s expecting her second baby. She doesn’t want to feel emotionally bullied again.
An expectant mom needs advice on how to handle her overbearing MIL now that she’s expecting her second baby. She doesn’t want to feel emotionally bullied again.
Handling a mother-in-law who routinely comments about grandparental rights to take custody of a baby because she disagrees with parenting decisions.
How do you navigate a relationship with a sister-in-law who creates family drama consistently when the extended families get together?
A divorced mom needs advice on establishing boundaries with her ex-husband (and the father of her children) who continues to emotionally abuse and manipulate her.
A new mom needs help from her boundary-busting mother-in-law who continues to defy her wishes but also has terrible judgment around her baby.
An expectant mom is grappling with whether she should forgive the in-laws who have treated her terribly for the sake of the grandparent-child relationship.
An expectant mom is incredibly stressed about her new in-laws potentially attending her upcoming baby shower. What can be done? First, we need to get to the root of the mess.
Parents need advice on how to handle grandparents who brush off their neighbor’s creepy comments about their child.
An expectant mom has some serious familial and relationship issues that are causing her stress and leading to depression.
We have advice for an expectant mom on how to break the pregnancy news to her older sister who is insecure about her own standing in the immediate family.
An expectant mom is being dragged into her divorced parent’s toxic relationship during the final weeks of her pregnancy. How can she continue to set boundaries during her final pregnancy weeks and during the labor and the postpartum period?
A mom needs new advice on how to handle her relationship with her husband which takes a turn for the toxic when even talk of her in-laws enters the conversation let alone visiting them.
A mom needs advice on how to handle her difficult relationship with her mother-in-law who also helps care for her young kids part-time. The DIL very much feels like she needs a break from her MIL, but is her plan the right way to go?
A mom needs help dealing with dealing with her abusive father in light of her family ignoring the problem completely and especially now that she has kids of her own.
A mom-to-be needs impartial advice on how to handle her husband who is holding out hope that his mother will change stop being mean towards her once her baby is born. How can she protect her feelings and her baby from her toxic mother-in-law?
A mom needs advice on handling her alcoholic mother-in-law and her relationship with the grandkids and herself. She wants her out of their lives but is does that have to be the first step?
When parental favoritism by in-laws is making its way overseas and exacerbating family drama.
When you know you need to set boundaries with your mother-in-law, especially as life becomes more intertwined with a baby on the way, but don’t know how.
Amalah tackles a common problem: disagreements over household division of responsibilities between out-of-the-home-working and stay-at-home parents.
An expectant mom is experiencing high anxiety from the extraordinary amount of very detailed and unsolicited advice she is getting from her mother and in-laws so early in her pregnancy. She needs help setting boundaries.