Family Relationships

Tips and advice on when to help adult children and when to let them learn valuable life lessons.

Grandma, granny, nana, or mimi; there are many names that can be applied to the family matriarch. Sometimes the title is chosen because of language or cultural norm, or it is a selection made by a grandchild who is not yet able to voice the traditional title so the name is shortened.

Is ex-wife in your life is a vortex of drama? Are you a stepmom seeking to understand your situation? Read on for answers.

What do parents do when their child goes through a divorce? What about the grandchildren, if there are any? What is the role of the parent or grandparent in the changing family landscape?

Working on your family history seems like a never-ending task. Setting some goals and spreading it out over five years makes it less overwhelming.

High conflict ex-wives frequently use the children as weapons by withholding visitation. This article outlines what you can do when it happens to you.

Now that you've welcomed your baby home, you've also welcomed a whole new version of your in-laws: grandma and grandpa. With new grandparents comes uncharted territory for all involved. Let's figure out how we can get through it together.

When becoming a mother for the first time, I started having flashbacks to my painful childhood. Then, when my son was diagnosed with autism and my mother reacted with coldness and anger, I had to finally face the truth; I had grown up with an emotionally absent mother. This is how I began to heal.

I wanted to share with readers that even though growing up in a toxic home can be difficult, there are also lessons to be learned from it that can be applied to your everyday life.

One in every three women see themselves as fatherless. Whether your dad was lost to you through death, divorce, addiction, or neglect, you struggle because of it and need to deal with your hurt. If you don't, you may struggle with low self-esteem, eating disorders, and destructive relationships.

The silent treatment and other weapons in your toxic mother-in-law's arsenal.

Some parents don't let go. Here is an article for the adult children of control freaks and children or toxic or misguided parents. Hold onto your cell phone, it's going to get bumpy.

There may come a time when you have endured a harmful and stressful family relationship, and you may wonder if cutting ties is right for you.

Does your mother-in-law suck the joy out of your life and make you feel powerless? Then it's time to take your power back.

How we can honor our parents even though they abused, neglected, or rejected us.

Relationships with your mother-in-law can be particularly trying, because women tend to stick their claws out when threatened, which is exacerbated when two women love the same man. If you can handle this article, then you may be on the way to mending your relationship with your MIL.