What are common conflicts with in-laws
In many countries, once a woman marries, she is expected to leave her birth family and go to live with her husband‘s family. For many young women, this separation causes much suffering because they not only miss their parents and siblings but feel lonely, isolated and without support in their husband‘s family.
Poverty plus custom and practice in developing countries, often drive extended families to live together under the same roof and mean that young married couples are forced to live according to the traditional values and customs of their parents and grandparents.
Under these circumstances, in-laws may make life very difficult for the young woman and may interfere in her relationship with her husband. Some typical examples of the type of interference that may be experienced are:
by abusing or insulting her, or by passing sarcastic remarks by assaulting her by denying her food or starving her by prohibiting her from going out and meeting anyone by refusing visits to her parents‘ home by not permitting her to talk with visitors from her parents‘ home by denying her access to her children