How My Grandfathers Proved Their Loyalty to America
One was part German. The other was born in Japan. Their stories show a crack in the façade of the Greatest Generation.
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Family
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How Does the Law Decide What Is and Isn’t a Family?
A parental rights dispute between two women in Massachusetts is forcing the state to decide what it means…
How Raising Sons Shapes a Different Kind of Love
A mother reflects on raising her three children alone.
Learning to Talk With Noah
My brother has Down syndrome and happens to be non-verbal. I've spent 20 years learning new ways to listen.
Why We Never Find Our Family Members Stinky
New research finds body odor is less disgusting if we share an identity with the smelly person in question.
Will Adolescent Dads Live With Their Kids?
It depends on their attitudes toward risky sex, pregnancy, and birth control, a new study finds.
Paddling Out With a Diaper in Tow
A frustrating, but ultimately fulfilling, father-daughter surf adventure in El Salvador.
It’s Fine to Take Your Spouse’s Name
There are many reasons people still do it—and to misunderstand them is to misunderstand the possibilities of the modern family.
How I Cheated My Way Into Arlington National Cemetery
An early education in the hollowness of patriotic performance.
The Crying Baby and the Sympathetic Fitbit
How a small piece of technology had a human-sized impact on a mother's relationship to her child.