If your mother-in-law moving in is a current concern, then you will find lots of good advice in a current news item. Michelle Obama’s mother is moving into the White House with the first family.  She will thus become The First Grandma.

Marian Robinson, the mother-in-law of President-Elect Barack Obama is moving into the White House – at least temporarily – to support her daughter Michelle and granddaughters Sasha and Malia as they adjust to their new life in Washington.  Mrs. Robinson, a Chicago native who retired from her job as a bank executive secretary last summer, has never lived outside of The Windy City, so the move will be as big an adjustment for her as it will be for the other four members of The First Family. Barack Obama has called her one of the unsung heroes of his campaign.

Advice for the Obamas on mother-in-law’s move runs the gamut from discipline styles with the children to privacy issues. 

Like some 4 million other multigenerational U.S. households Barack Obama’s mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, will join the Obamas at the family’s private quarters at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.  In about 1.3 million American homes where the parents are head of the household, at least one grandparent lives with the family.  Having a grandparent living with a family can be a wonderful and beneficial addition to the family, says psychologist Elaine Ducharme, but only if everyone can navigate the boundaries.

Clearly in such a move there are positive aspects and there are negative aspects.  Each case is different.  Hopefully by considering all factors in such a move, disasters can be avoided and all family members can have enriched lives.

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