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 »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 »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 »Barbara Greenleaf explains some specific ways the difficult daughter-in-law creates tension and dissension throughout the extended family.
Read More »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 »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 »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.
Read More »When our families grow, it’s up to us to embrace the challenge of recreating and maintaining close adult relationships while allowing freedom for individuality.
Read More »Savoring penny candy with my grandmother at the Saturday matinees led to my lifetime of sweet pleasures
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