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Extending My Family

The Very Real Consequences of Cutting off Your Parents

By Virginia Pelley

Your First Divorced Holiday Will Test You

By Chase Scheinbaum

How to Save Your Marriage From Holiday Stress

By Jeremy Brown

How to Use Apple’s New Group FaceTime (and Explain It to Grandpa)

Parenting Strategies

The Harsh Truth About Holidays With Grandma and Grandpa

By Patrick A. Coleman

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"Grey" Divorce Is on the Rise. And It's Changing the American Family What happens when grandma and grandpa get divorced.

What I Wish My Wife Knew I Needed A group of husbands explain the one thing they wish their wife would recognize about their relationship.

How to Be the Best Son-In-Law You Can Be A little bit of effort goes a long way.

How to Navigate Your Relationship With Your Kid's Grandparents It's hard to make rules for people who once made rules for you.

What Happened When I Lost My Temper With My Mother-In-Law For the First Time "While the help was appreciated, I didn’t want her to be taking every opportunity to care for her. I needed time with my daughter, too"

When Bad Fathers Become Fantastic Grandfathers Many bad dads are good grandfathers. The question is how do you deal with this new version of the man who was so different with you?

7 Tips for Setting Boundaries With Your In-Laws, According to a Therapist In-laws can quickly feel like intruders. Here's how to make sure that doesn't happen.

Toddler Sleep Regression is Hell on Earth This too shall pass. You might be insane by the time it does.

A Playbook For Dealing With Overbearing In-Laws It's all about establishing reasonable separation.

6 Well-Meaning Phrases to Avoid Saying to Your Mother-in-Law The road to an aggravated in-law is paved with good intentions.

This Thanksgiving, Go Ahead and Fight About Politics in Front of the Kids Talk politics, whichever side you're on, because democracy doesn't exist without discourse. Talk politics because otherwise all there is left is to talk is turkey.

The Best Way to Respond to Passive Aggressive Relatives You will encounter them. Here's your best defense.

How to Handle Holiday Parenting Power-Struggles Without Losing Your Mind The holidays can be especially stressful for guys looking to claim their house as their own, only to find themselves constantly usurped by an over-eager in- or brother-in-law. Here's how to avoid it.

Please, I Beg of You: Stop Bringing My Kid So Many Toys The thought counts. It really does. But, my kid doesn't need another toy or cute outfit "because you couldn't resist." This needs to be said as the holidays near.

What to Do When Your Partner Always Sides With Their Parents Over You It's a problem that needs figuring out. And there are constructive ways of handling it.

What to Do When You Never Feel Accepted By Your In-Laws Always feel like you're on the outs with your in-laws? Time to change your thinking.

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