Girls in the Ivory Coast Share the Burden of Teenage Pregnancy
An unplanned child used to derail the education of girls in the country, but a new approach is helping young mothers stay in school.
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The Caregivers of the Opioid Epidemic Are Going It Alone
Across the country, people are becoming unexpected caregivers of children whose parents have become addicted to opioids. In most states, they're doing it with little to no help at all.
Talking Turkey: A Thanksgiving Day Reading List
A collection of our best stories for you during the holiday.
Examining the Future of What Families Can Look Like
There were some 100 anti-LGBTQ bills released in various states in the first few months of 2017 alone, including religious exemptions in the workplace and restricted access to health care for LGBTQ citizens.
Smaller Families Produce Bigger Children
Once upon a time, American families were larger, and American children were smaller. Coincidence? Perhaps not. When it…
Finding the American Dream in El Salvador
For the families of El Salvadoran immigrants, staying behind in their home countries can lead to a different sort of American Dream.
On a Grandma’s House and the Unknowability of the Past
They can feel as lifelike as virtual reality, but memories represent unreachable places.
The Case for Arguing Politics With Your Family at Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, skip the extra beer and take the higher ground in your family debate; chances are, your relatives will follow your example.
Single-Family Homes, but No Single Family
For models of 21st-century families, Mia Birdsong advises looking past stereotypes and to black Americans. By Mia Birdsong…
How the Childfree Decide
When researchers explore why people do not have children, they find that the reasons are strikingly similar to…