About Us

When Leanne became a mother-in-law for the first time about 13 years ago, she looked for some guidance on how not to be the kind of mother-in-law most of the stories and websites depict. Sadly, she found no such information either in the library or the bookstore. Now a mother-in-law for the second time, the books now available still do not have information from mothers-in-law and children-in-law about what works. The websites that have popped up are overwhelmingly negative. We want to change that. Over the next few months we will be holding focus groups and designing a survey for both mothers-in-law and children-in-law to take that will give positive, solution-focused information for all of you out there searching for that kind of guidance.

Leanne: Marriage and family therapist; retired Naval Officer. Married, 2 grown children, one son-in-law and one daughter-in-law, two grandchildren.

Ileene: Former public school teacher; now a university teacher.  Married, 3 grown children, two sons-in-law, one daughter-in-law, four grandsons.  As a recipient of three wonderful mates for our three children, I feel convicted to try to do some small part to help those out there who are struggling with in-law relationships.  Some books and articles out there are extremely helpful, some are not.  We hope the work we do on this website can be a help to all of us in these relationships.  We can all learn together.

Zannette: Computer scientist and survey researcher.  Married, 1 young daughter.