Getting Physical Dr. Phil Staff "Ted and I have been married just over seven years and have two beautiful children," says Maria. When she and Ted were first married, Maria had a great relationship with her mother-in-law, Catherine, but that changed when their oldest daughter was born. "Catherine likes to disagree with us on almost every aspect of how we choose to raise our children, whether it's what they eat, when they nap, how long they nap for. My mother-in-law definitely feels that I'm not a proper wife and mother," Maria explains. "It's built a lot of tension. I've bit my tongue for a long time." Ted agrees that their relationship with his mother changed once their daughter was born. "Any decisions that involve my daughter, my mother would like to control," he says. Recently, the tension between Maria and Catherine escalated when they had a physical altercation. Maria was home with her daughters after just having had breast augmentation surgery, and Ted was a