Making It Work With Extended Family
b'Sign up for What Fresh Hell Plus on Supporting Cast to get all episodes ad-free, plus monthly bonus episodes. Supporting Cast works right where you already listen! Go to\\xa0whatfreshhell.supportingcast.fm\\xa0to subscribe in two taps for just $4.99 a month, or $39.99 a year.\\nHow do we maintain healthy relationships with our extended family, whether they live five or five hundred miles away? Amy and Margaret talk about how their own extended families operate, and what works best to keep everyone connected.\\nAmy and Margaret discuss:\\n\\nThe types of conflicts that extended families typically experience\\n\\nThe value of extended family\\u2014whether or not they live nearby\\n\\nHow to model healthy extended family relationships for your kids\\n\\n\\nHere are some links to further reading on the topic:\\n\\nMichele Meleen for Love to Know: Definition of Extended Families: Meanings and Roles\\n\\n\\nKiley Hurst for Pew Research Center: More than half of Americans live within an hour of extended family\\n\\n\\nFrank Bruni for The NYT: "Tolstoy and Miss Daisy"\\n\\n\\nMegan Carnegie for BBC Family Tree: The tensions that fan tricky in-law relationships\\n\\n\\nKaren L. Fingerman, et. al, for Purdue University: In-Law Relationships Before and After Marriage: Husbands, Wives, and Their Mothers-in-Law\\n\\n\\nFatherly: 16 Tips For Creating Healthy Boundaries With Your Extended Family\\n\\n\\n\\nWe love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:\\nhttps://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'