| Traditional kinship terms reflect this, with different terms for the husband's parents and the wife's parents, and for the two mothers-in-law. |
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| The wards were cleared of overbearing aunts, unruly children, enthusiastic colleagues and sniffy mothers-in-law. |
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| We learned how to make mitts and socks, before we were married, but our mothers-in-law were the ones that really taught us how to sew. |
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| So there have been films with killer babysitters, killer roommates, killer mothers-in-law, killer husbands, etc. |
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| Other family members, such as fathers, brothers or mothers-in-law are very often also found among the perpetrators of violence against women. |
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| Accepting and supportive mothers, grandmothers, informed midwives and mothers-in-law as a source of encouragement, insight and strength. |
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| There is nothing whatsoever to be said for deconcentration while retaining a collection of mothers-in-law in Brussels. |
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| And then there are these horrible power struggles that emerge between controlling mothers-in-law and the wife. |
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| It is of fundamental importance to include the male relatives of the women, as well as the mothers-in-law, in this process. |
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| But Apter believes mothers-in-law are genuinely unaware of the power they have in the daughter-in-laws' eyes. |
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| Efforts to work with mothers-in-law and other family members may yield higher dividends in the short term. |
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| A new survey has revealed that overbearing mothers-in-law are to blame for as many as one in five marriage breakdowns. |
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| New Zealand needs to bring back mothers-in-law to help with the raising of families, Social Development Minister Steve Maharey said yesterday. |
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| The executives thought that the new drug, Valium, rendered their mothers-in-law significantly less annoying. |
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| Mr. Herbert Allard: I want to remind this committee that grandparents are also mothers-in-law. |
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| Like philosophy, jokes look critically and without reverence at the authority claimed by rulers, policemen, mothers-in-law, teachers, psychiatrists and all kinds of experts. |
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| Immediate family members do not include brothers, sisters, mothers-in-law, fathers-inlaw, cousins or other relatives. |
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| Of squandering the savings of mothers-in-law. |
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| Way to impress your future mothers-in-law, Tess thought. |
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| We were like mothers-in-law, unwanted, in the way. |
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| At least mothers-in-law talk to their children, whereas the government does not even talk to the provinces to try to find out what they think about securities. |
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| The weaving is undertaken during winter by the female members of the extended family, girls learning from their mothers and grandmothers and wives assisting their mothers-in-law. |
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| It formed partnerships with mothers-in-law, whose support was needed to enable young women to go for health care or attend family planning clinics. |
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| Financial independence from husbands, fathers, brothers, uncles and mothers-in-law is thus one of the most important elements of security for women and it is a precondition for empowerment. |
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| Mothers, grandmothers, and mothers-in-law? |
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| Meanwhile, the public in general gradually became aware of modern art, and its presumed incomprehensibility became almost as routine a subject by 1940 as mothers-in-law or freshly painted park benches. |
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| In his study of female survivors of self-immolation, Dr. Mukhamadiev found that 55 per cent had attempted suicide because of family conflicts, often involving mothers-in-law. |
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| Wives, mothers and mothers-in-law exert a strong influence on men not to join risky start-ups, says Yoshiaki Ishii, head of new-business policy at the industry ministry. |
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