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Adrees Latif/Reuters How Will Separated Kids Find Their Parents?
Five hundred twenty-eight kids are still in U.S. government custody.
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Thinkstock Images / Getty Why Are STDs on the Rise If Americans Are Having Less Sex?
The CDC found that reported cases of three STDs hit an all-time high in 2017, suggesting that while sexual activity is decreasing in the U.S., it’s getting riskier.
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Joe Skippers / Reuters The Developing Norms for Reopening Schools After Shootings
In an age where such tragedies are increasingly common, a shared blueprint is emerging.
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Maureen P Sullivan / Getty Why Married Women Are Using Two Last Names on Facebook
Unhyphenated double surnames used to be somewhat rare, but the desire to be searchable online is bringing them back.
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Warner Bros. / The Atlantic Which Crazy Rich Asians Scenes Were Most Memorable?
Four Atlantic staffers discuss the film’s particular power, and the movie moments they’re still thinking about.
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Johannes Eisele / Getty How Fertility Apps Exclude Fathers
Making a baby “the old-fashioned way” is a two-person job, but many apps aimed at heterosexual couples assign all the work of getting pregnant to women.
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Bettmann / Getty / The Atlantic The Doctor Doesn’t Listen to Her. But the Media Is Starting To.
Physicians have long dismissed or downplayed women's sexual- and reproductive-health concerns—but in 2018, stories about "health-care gaslighting" are consistently breaking through to the mainstream.
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Susan Walsh / AP Everyone Cares About Pregnancy Discrimination
Conservatives and liberals, feminists and anti-abortion activists have teamed up to advocate for pregnant women’s rights in the workplace—but their reasoning is very different.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Thorny Bureaucracy That Stands Between Detained Children and Their Parents
An immigration lawyer outlines the logistical challenges of family reunification, and why some detainees still face uncertain futures.
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Sundance Selects The Private Worlds of Parents Raising Children Radically Different From Themselves
The documentary Far From the Tree argues against holding parents responsible for their kids’ cognitive or mental-health struggles.
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Jeremy Hudson / Getty Images Americans Have Some Pretty Vanilla Sexual Fantasies
A new book on the science of sexual desire finds Americans are surprisingly romantic and loyal to their partners when they fantasize about sex.
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Courtesy of The Fred Rogers Company The Daniel Tiger Doctrine
The creator of the beloved kids’ show Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood talks about what makes great children’s TV—and reveals a significant plot development in the upcoming season.
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Steven Gottlieb / Getty The Rise and Fall of the Family-Vacation Road Trip
Richard Ratay, the author of Don’t Make Me Pull Over!: An Informal History of the Family Road Trip, discusses the factors that turned road trips from an individual adventurer’s pursuit into a family activity—and those that led to their decline.
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Anupong Thongchan / Shutterstock Why It’s Hard to Protect Domestic-Violence Survivors Online
Restraining orders have evolved to prohibit digital communication, but what happens when they fail?
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Reuters The Overlooked Emotions of Sperm Donation
"My hope is that people think about how this is more than a transaction," says one family therapist.
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Toya Sarno Jordan / Reuters How the Supreme Court Used 'Protecting Families' to Justify the Travel Ban
And how the Court's dissenters used the exact same reason to draw the opposite conclusion.
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Thinkstock / Stockbyte / Getty Many Pediatricians Don't Know How to Handle Gender-Dysphoric Kids
Doctors’ offices are often the first stop for gender-nonconforming kids and their families when seeking guidance. Doctors, however, aren’t always adequately prepared to give it.
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Blend Images / KidStock / Getty / Katie ... The Exceptional Cruelty of a No-Hugging Policy
When kids separated from their families on the U.S.-Mexico border can’t get hugs or physical comfort from the caretakers at their shelters—or even from one another—their experience becomes even more traumatic.
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Courtney McKinney / Watchara / Shutterstock / Katie ... Finding the Lost Generation of Sperm Donors
Tens of thousands of donor-conceived children grew up thinking they'd never know their biological fathers. Now, they have a chance to.
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Julie Jacobson / AP Why Don't More Female Figure Skaters Wear Pants?
Leggings and yoga gear are common sights at practice rinks. But in competition, gender-coded costumes still prevail.
