Family relationship survival guide
You don't get to choose your parents or siblings, but you can decide to make the best of your family relationships with a little help from our survival guide. Find advice on everything from blended family finances to overcoming grief and more.
Blended Families
So you've found new love — and a whole new family: Here's how to make it work
Remarriage: Avoid the blended family breakdown
Before you say you vows for the second time, get expert tips for blending your families
Blended family finances
Yours, mine and ours: Navigating the minefield of blended family finances
Family dilemmas
Avoid disaster with our top family relationship tips and advice
Sticky situations: Holiday etiquette dilemmas
Modern-day etiquette: Our advice for holiday dilemmas, and yours!
Avoid feud over assets
Think you and your siblings are above petty squabbles over shared property? Think again!
Are you a monster mother in law?
How do we rise above the negative stereotype of the meddling mother-in-law, and claim the position as a positive role? Some of us have yet to find peace with our child's "other" family
Holiday dilemma: Grief and the holidays
For grieving families, the holidays can loom large. Here are some ways to cope
Families and aging
What to do when your children become parents — and when your parents need you
Becoming a modern grandma
Young at start: Coming to terms with a grand new role at 47
Finding parents a seniors' home
What happens when your aging parents need to move, and won't?
Mixing business with family
Fusing family with your career might just be a winning combination — read two success stories
Like mother, like daughter
Could you run a business with your child — and still like each other in the end?
Sister act: From rivals to business partners
Meet the duo behind low-fat cooking made simple
Family books and gifts
Read about modern family life or find the perfect present for anyone in your family
Tales of modern families
Make a pot of tea and curl up with one of these novels about the joys and sorrows of family life
Gifts for families of all kinds
You made a list, checked it twice, and still have no idea what to get anyone! Never fear, we've collected some of the best ideas for your nearest and dearest, from your mother in law to your teenage son's girlfriend.
