Sticky scenarios, mechutenestes’ reactions, and experts’ takes on how to navigate the delicate relationship with your married children and their in-laws
SOLID CONNECTION Establishing a solid connection with your mechutanim from the get-go is the key to avoiding relationship pitfalls.With a healthy attitude in place you can develop a beautiful rapport
F or 20- odd years you raise your child giving and guiding. And then suddenly that child is married. Not only is there now a child-in-law to contend with there’s also a brand- new set of parents. Sticky scenarios mechutenestes’ machatenistas’ reactions and experts’ take on how to navigate the delicate relationship with your married children and their in-laws
When Yossi Shifrin enters the parshah his mother has an exact picture of her ideal daughter-in-law. She wants someone just like her daughters — — smart pretty and exceptionally refined. Yossi is a nice average boy probably not the future gaon his mother dreams he is.
Vetting candidates Henny Shifrin soon learns that none of the suggested girls can hold a candle to her own prized daughters. She nixes one suggestion after another occasionally swallowing a discomfiting rejection as well.
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