Jun 30, 2026 · 36 min · 12 segments
Does honoring your parents mean staying quiet when in-laws cross the line? Today, we break down why that's a dangerous misunderstanding, using a real listener's story about a mother-in-law who won't…
That being said, I have some loose ends this summer until I officially graduate, but I was able to walk and go through the ceremony.
And she was there with us the entire time, and I never got annoyed or tired of being around her, which is great.
And so we fully acknowledge that there are many people instances where you may have in-laws that are either completely unaware, they're over, you know, they're meddlesome.
Or they are, what's the word, aloof to the point where they don't realize you have needs.
Like if you have all the kids and you're trying to wrangle kids and they're just sitting around on their phones scrolling.
Or you have, I mean, I've talked to other friends too, where their parents are just very opinionated about things.
Maybe you'd categorize that under meddlesome, but about, you know, church and where they go to church and why they go to church and like why they don't get ears pierced or why they do or what's a sin, what's not.
I'm thinking as a mom talking to other moms about their kids and the, you know, there's churches can put, depending on the foundation and the doctrine, there's a lot of pressure on parents and married couples to live righteously.
But sometimes I think as parents, it's hard to not parent, right? It might be harder for some than others.
That being said, I have some loose ends this summer until I officially graduate, but I was able to walk and go through the ceremony.
And she was there with us the entire time, and I never got annoyed or tired of being around her, which is great.
And so we fully acknowledge that there are many people instances where you may have in-laws that are either completely unaware, they're over, you know, they're meddlesome.
Or they are, what's the word, aloof to the point where they don't realize you have needs.
Like if you have all the kids and you're trying to wrangle kids and they're just sitting around on their phones scrolling.
Or you have, I mean, I've talked to other friends too, where their parents are just very opinionated about things.
Maybe you'd categorize that under meddlesome, but about, you know, church and where they go to church and why they go to church and like why they don't get ears pierced or why they do or what's a sin, what's not.
I'm thinking as a mom talking to other moms about their kids and the, you know, there's churches can put, depending on the foundation and the doctrine, there's a lot of pressure on parents and married couples to live righteously.
But sometimes I think as parents, it's hard to not parent, right? It might be harder for some than others.
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