When your children marry
Subtitle: how marriage changes relationships with sons and daughters
By: Deborah M. Merrill
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781442210929; 9781442210943
Subjects: Alternative lifestyles; Intergenerational relations; Marriage; Parent and adult child
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Illustrations of intergenerational relationships; title: Relationships between parents and adult children; title: Gender differences in contact with parents and in-laws : do couples see more of her family than his?; title: "A daughter is a daughter all of her life, but a son is a son 'til he takes him a wife" : "myth or reality"; title: The effect of marriage on intergenerational relationships; title: The challenges for mothers in parent and adult child relationships; title: The evolution of intergenerational relationships following children's marriages; title: Divorce and later life families; title: Advice to mothers for maintaining intergenerational relationships; title: Reciprocal effects? : how do intergenerational relationships affect adult children's marriages?; title: Conclusion.