My family moved to a new city for my job, where we had no extended family. When my mother-in-law came to visit, my husband and I had time for each other and the house. She decided to move in with us, ...

In-law problems aren’t a new concept. In 1954 Evelyn Duvall wrote one the first books about in-law dilemmas. Most of the complaints then were daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law griping about one ...

The moment you say "I do," you're not just gaining a partner. You're inheriting an entire family structure, complete with its own dynamics, expectations, and unspoken rules. Let's be real here, in-law ...

I no longer manage giving gifts to my husband’s side of the family. We each take care of our own. With my husband’s agreement, I’m also no longer our “family liaison” for communications with in-laws ...

For a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the benefits of maintaining a close relationship cannot be overstated, as Michael Woolley and I wrote in our just-published article in Social Work. Based on ...