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When your children marry, how marriage changes relationships with sons and daughters, Deborah M. Merrill

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-165) and index

index present

non fiction

When your children marry

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Deborah M. Merrill

how marriage changes relationships with sons and daughters

This book examines how marriage changes relationships with parents. The author demonstrates that while most mothers do not feel that they "lose" their sons following marriage, the relationships do change in significant ways, yet their relationships with married daughters do not change as drastically. She offers advice, as well, for navigating the changes and maintaining strong ties to both sons and daughters after they marry

Introduction -- Illustrations of intergenerational relationships -- Relationships between parents and adult children -- Gender differences in contact with parents and in-laws : do couples see more of her family than his? -- "A daughter is a daughter all of her life, but a son is a son 'til he takes him a wife" : "myth or reality" -- The effect of marriage on intergenerational relationships -- The challenges for mothers in parent and adult child relationships -- The evolution of intergenerational relationships following children's marriages -- Divorce and later life families -- Advice to mothers for maintaining intergenerational relationships -- Reciprocal effects? : how do intergenerational relationships affect adult children's marriages? -- Conclusion