Users' questions

Can a newly married couple live with their parents?

Can a newly married couple live with their parents?

I believe that it suggests separate living arrangements for the newly married couple. While living with parents, the couple cannot develop independence as readily as when living alone. The dependency on parents is enhanced as long as they live with parents.

How many children live with only their mother?

During the 1960-2016 period, the percentage of children living with only their mother nearly tripled from 8 to 23 percent and the percentage of children living with only their father increased from 1 to 4 percent. The percentage of children not living with any parent increased slightly from 3 to 4 percent.

What happens to your child when your parent remarries?

Some children may worry that if their parent remarries—thus bringing a new father/mother figure into the home—they will lose the love and attention of their other father or mother. Your child may feel awkward having to get used to two fathers or two mothers.

What happens to your children when you get married?

It may help to have the children get together to get to know each other for an event or two. Some children may show signs of increased attachment to the parent who is getting married.

Can parents interfere in the married life of their spouse?

Your parents cannot live your married life. You have to live through your relationship. You have to adjust with your spouse. You have to tolerate the minor differences you have with him\\her. You have to communicate to make your thoughts known to your spouse. You have to make your relationship work. Your parents can do none of this.

Is it better for kids to live with both parents?

On the surface, the trend away from divorced or unwed mothers raising kids on their own, toward more children living with both of their parents, seems like a positive one for children raised outside of marriage. However, when it comes to child well-being, cohabiting unions more closely resemble single motherhood than marriage.

What happens to your relationship with your mother as an adult?

Over time, the once dependent child evolves into an independent adult ― in theory, anyway. In some cases, however, a mother’s relationship with an adult son or daughter becomes stunted. They each get stuck in their old roles, and healthy boundaries become blurred or disintegrate.

Can a mother have a healthy relationship with her son?

In some cases, however, a mother’s relationship with an adult son or daughter becomes stunted. They each get stuck in their old roles, and healthy boundaries become blurred or disintegrate.