Don't Roll Your Eyes

RUTH NEMZOFF, EdD is the author of Don't Bite Your Tongue, and a popular speaker on the topic of parenting adult children and family dynamics, and in 2010 alone she spoke at 30 events. Ruth was profiled or interviewed for many national and local papers and radio and television, including The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Jewish Advocate, and InterFaith Family. She is a resident scholar at Brandeis University's Women's Studies Research Center, and lives in Boston, USA.

Introduction: Don't Roll Your Eyes: Make In-Laws into Family Why Do We Make In-Laws Into Out-Laws: Understanding Why the In-Law Relationship is so Troublesome Wanting 'In': In-Law Parent's Perspective How Many People Did I Marry: The Adult Children Speak Have I Been Displaced: The Siblings Perspective Dueling and Other In-Law Games: The Two (or more) Sets of In-Laws In Love, but Not In Law: Un-related In-Laws Diversity Comes Home: Intermarriage Whose Kid Is This Anyway: Grandparents and Grandparenting More Money, More Problems, Less Money, Still Problems Until Death Do US Part: Prepare for Illness and Death Do Unto Your In-Laws: Helpful Hints Appendix I: Films and Videos Appendix II: Suggested Websites