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Help! I Don't Trust My Father-in-Law With My Kids

By Patrick A. Coleman

The 10 Things Every Grandparent Needs to Tell Their Grandkids

By Lizzy Francis

Your In-Laws and Your Wife Are Fighting. Here's What to Do — And What Not To

By Lizzy Francis

7 Hard Conversations to Have With Your Aging Parents

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The Mueller Report May Make Family Meals a Stress Test

By Patrick A. Coleman

What I Wish My Son-in-Law Would Do More Often, According to 15 Fathers-in-Law

By Matt Christensen

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The Extreme Cost of Not Living Near Grandparents Living near grandparents provides a unique set of pros and cons for every member of the family.

How to Keep Your In-Laws In Check (Without Pissing Off Your Spouse) What to do when your mother- and father-in-law overstep their bounds.

What Happens When Parents Return to Their Hometown Returning to your roots has a profound effect on your family.

Extending My Family My family's story is full of tragedy and loss. So, I took my kid to meet my wife's folks in Mexico.

The Very Real Consequences of Cutting Off Your Parents When your parents or in-laws are problematic, sometimes severing ties is the only option. But it's never a clean break.

Your First Divorced Holiday Will Test You Making it through comes down to forging new traditions and not stretching yourself too thin. You got this.

How to Save Your Marriage From Holiday Stress From Festivity Fatigue to setting unreasonable holiday expectations, there are a lot of relationship stressors lurking in the holly, jolly season.

How to Use Apple’s New Group FaceTime (and Explain It to Grandpa) The new app lets you video chat with up to 32 people at once. Here's how it works — and how to troubleshoot when relatives are stumped by it.

The Harsh Truth About Holidays With Grandma and Grandpa As the holidays begin, in-laws become a more significant part of family life for better or worse. Parents should make sure they build strong boundaries with close in-laws.

"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.

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