[WanderLuster]

Good luck to you.

I spent three years (while I was going to school full-time for my BA) running the family business side by side with my father. There were times when I wanted to strangle him and times when I'm sure that he was wondering if he could possibly still ground me. But, generally speaking, we got along great and had a lot of fun working together. We became much closer to one another while working together.

However, it all depends on the personal dynamics. My mom and I also worked together, although briefly, and we didn't do well at all. Lots of yelling (not at work, of course, we're professionals) and lots of resentment.

One thing I learned was that establishing boundries was very important, because family makes presumptions that a normal employer wouldn't. I would have a clear agreement in place about how many hours you plan to "work" and what responsibilities you are agreeing to take on.