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I’m pregnant, and I already know my mother-in-law is going to be angry. Is there any way to soften the blow?
I’m pregnant, and I already know my mother-in-law is going to be angry. Is there any way to soften the blow?
What to do when it’s more than meddling by your mother-in-law and you have legitimate concerns about the whether your child is safe in her care.
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.
Grandma is playing favorite amongst the cousins when it comes to gifts but addressing the issue is not as straightforward as you would think.
My mother-in-law (who now lives in the South) wants to throw me a baby shower. But the guests are her friends and only my acquaintances. I feel uncomfortable about this. What should I do?
10 easy ways to help your mom help YOU in the early days after childbirth.
Can this grandparent relationship be saved?
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.
What I’m really wondering, I guess, is how equal do the two sides of the family need to be in our lives?
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.
A mom would love a recommendation for how to show her extra helpful mother-in-law some very deserving and special appreciation.
It’s time to sing the praises of the women who are your mother figures — even if their “official” title says something different.
Amalah tackles the Case of the Scatterbrained Mother-in-Law — who leaves choking hazards everywhere she goes.
Dear Amy, My question doesn’t have anything to do with beauty advice, but rather how to avoid seeming like an elitist snob when I’m at my in-laws’ family reunion this summer. You give such great advice and are a creative thinker; I thought maybe you…
A family is having a hard time establishing boundaries with a mother-in-law and grandmother who travels cross country to visit and stay over even knowing it’s very inconvenient for the entire family’s schedule.
Is it your responsibility to mend your spouse’s family fences, or should you just keep out of it and let them sort it out?
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.
What do you do when you’re concerned about your mother-in-law’s alcoholism and its effects on her health and the family relationship. Do you intervene even though she’s not YOUR mom?
When a mother-in-law’s grief triggers extreme boundary issues with your nuclear family. What do you do?
Family history means that I’m now a step-mother and effectively co-parenting with my mother-in-law instead of an ex-wife. Please help.