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AGING PARENTS SERIES: Setting Boundaries with Aging Parents

How do you set boundaries on how much help you can reasonably give to aging parents? This week I'm re-running a series I wrote a few years ago. We started  yesterday talking about how parents should really try to help their adult children who will be caring for them...

aging Parents series: You Owe Your Adult Children a Life

If you need your adult children to eventually care for you, then that should factor into an equation NOW. I've been thinking about something for a while now that I'd like to just say. It's going to be a bit of a rant, and I may not sound very sympathetic. But I think...

When Your Husband Doesn’t Protect You from Your Mother-in-Law (or other toxic relatives)

When you have difficult relationships with your in-laws, it's not up to you to sort it out. In general, it's better if the blood relative intervenes on your behalf. But what do you do if your husband won't stand up to his mom (or dad)? Or what happens if you have a...

What Do We Do When Grandparents Undermine Our Beliefs?

Let's talk boundaries with grandparents today! Christmas is almost here! I've got Rebecca and Connor home already, though Katie and David won't be joining us until Christmas Day. And, of course, we've got Rebecca and Connor's dog Winston here, too, which is a whole...

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