What Was Grandma Thinking?
Advice columnist, Amy Dickinson gives some sage advice to a daughter-in-law and granddaughter who are dealing with a “loose cannon” of a grandma who’s thoughtless and hurtful.
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Difficult Daughter-in-Law: Where’s Her Husband?
If your son is married to a Difficult Daughter-in-Law, he’s at best missing in action and at worst breaking your heart.
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Co-Grandparenting Team
Due to divorces, remarriages, and blended families, the number of co-grandparents can be in double digits for some grandchildren. Getting along can be easy and comfortable or uncomfortable and problematic.
Read More »Website for Parents of Estranged Adult Children
An estimated 20% of American families are navigating an estrangement. Author Sheri McGregor was one of them. She founded a website and published a book for estranged parents.
Read More »Difficult Daughters Can Also Wreak Havoc
A difficult daughter-in-law can create tension and dissension throughout the extended family and so can a difficult daughter. One grandma felt hurt because her daughter asked her to wash her hands.
Read More »How a Difficult Daughter-in-law Wreaks Havoc
Barbara Greenleaf explains some specific ways the difficult daughter-in-law creates tension and dissension throughout the extended family.
Read More »When Grandparent Estrangement May Be Justified
Usually, I feel tremendous empathy for grandmas who are alienated from their grandchildren. But in this case, the parents are justified in removing their daughters from these insensitive grandparents.
Read More »Difficult Daughter-in-Law: What’s Her Problem?
The roots of the difficult daughter-in-law’s behavior may go back to her family of birth. She might have seen her mother be disrespectful or unloving toward her mother-in-law.
Read More »The Impact of Mental Illness on Grandparent Estrangement
Grandparents with mentally ill adult children often face the pain of grandparent estrangement. This poignant letter from a heartbroken grandma describes those ups and downs.
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