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Article: Mothers-in-law now get relatively good reviews
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 20, 1989
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The mother-in-law, that much maligned member of the American
family, has a new image these days - at least in the eyes of today's
parents.
That is the surprising conclusion gleaned from readers'
responses to Parenting magazine's survey "Mother-in-Law: A Help or a
Hassle?" - the first of its kind to query both spouses on the
subject. Most of the 3,500 husbands and wives who answered the
questionnaire had favorable and even laudatory things to say about
each other's moms.
Their replies provide overwhelming evidence that parents are
fond of their mate's mother. Samantha Willmann of Houston writes
that her mother-in-law is so wonderful "they should bottle her."
Diana Cunningham of Bristol, ...