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Are Mother’s Check-In Expectations Unreasonable?
A mother and her grown daughter have very different check-in expectations. The anxious mom wants ...
Concerned Neighbors Fear For Elderly Resident
In a tight-knit community, concerned neighbors have noticed that an elderly resident is having trouble ...
Mom Feels Excluded and Hurt
When a grown daughter makes an offer to her father but not her mother, the ...
Worn-Out Mother and Ungrateful Offspring
After years of giving without receiving gratitude, a worn-out mother is ready to give up ...
Unreasonable Grandma Spurns the Rules
Two sets of grandparents help care for the grandkids, but one unreasonable grandma ignores the ...
Renewed But One-Sided Friendships
In reconnecting with three high school friends for a five-day cruise, a woman realized her ...
Frustrated Caregiver Speaks Up
A frustrated caregiver is stressed out by the demands and criticisms of her 89-year-old mother ...
Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Dilemma
Nearly two years earlier, a man had an Alzheimer’s diagnosis dilemma: He wondered whether to ...
Did a Grandmother’s Patience Pay Off?
A grandmother was devastated when her ex-son-in-law turned the granddaughter against the mother’s side of ...
The Other Grandparents
After uprooting their lives to be near their grandson, these parents have begun to resent ...
