[Verenga] (PDF) Don't Roll Your Eyes: Making In-Laws into
Family
By Ruth Nemzoff
More than two million couples wed every year in the United States,
bringing together a whole new family unit. The extended family may now
include a hard to please mother-in-law who criticizes her daughter-in-
law's childrearing; or a patriarchal father-in-law who expects all the kin
round the dinner table every Sunday; or a new spouse, who a year or
decade out, still gets shellshock visiting the in-laws. If that wasn't cause
enough for a stiff drink, more than a million couples divorce each year,
creating hard to define family structures. How do families handle the
inevitable friction and how do they make sense of evolving family
relationships? Ruth Nemzoff, an expert in family dynamics, empowers
family members across the generations to define and create lasting bonds,
including how to:*Welcome a new in-law from a different culture and
religion into your family.*Not let differences of politics or philosophy
impact quality time with the extended family.*Respond to major life
changes in
