Natalie Escobar
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Michaela Rehle / Reuters The Family Weekly: What People Actually Say Before They Die
Plus: selling the family home, parents playing favorites with children, and helping an anxious sibling
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Mike Coppola / VF18 / Getty The Family Weekly: How Super-Wealthy Couples Get Divorced
Plus: why kids tell such awful jokes, the personality trait that “oils the gears of social interaction,” and how to deal with negative feedback at work
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Joe Russo / AP The Family Weekly: Let’s Create a New Holiday
Plus: the dilemma of “white-sounding” names, the case against going out for New Year’s Eve, and moving past a “ruined” wedding
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Brandy Jackson / Getty The Family Weekly: Paying Kids to Do Chores Is a Very American Thing
Plus: finding a way through an unspeakable loss, families’ weird holiday traditions, and a question about parents who don’t share their wealth fairly
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Andy Reynolds / Getty The High-Stakes World of Christmas Tamales
“Tamales are different not just from country to country, but also from region to region and even from abuela to abuela.”
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Dan Bransfield Families’ Weird Holiday Traditions, Illustrated
The silliest, most unique winter holiday rituals submitted by The Atlantic’s readers.
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Michael Probst / AP The Family Weekly: The Stress of Upholding the Santa Myth
Americans’ obsession with paper towels, the joys of no-gift Christmas, and the confusing request for ‘space’ in relationships
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Joshua Lott / Getty The Charter-School Teachers’ Strike in Chicago Was ‘Inevitable’
The move could signal a shift in the long, contentious relationship between teachers’ unions and these privately run schools.
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Leon Neal / AFP / Getty The Family Weekly: How Americans Started Throwing Parties for Everything
Plus: parents’ gender preferences for children, the changing ways LGBTQ youth come out to their family, and a conversation about “emotional labor”
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Andreea Alexandru / AP The Changing Ways Parents React to Their Kids Coming Out of the Closet
A conversation with the sociologist Mary Robertson on how some queer youth are pleasantly surprised with the lack of family drama the news causes.
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Matthew Mead / AP The Family Weekly: Why Does Life Feel Like It’s Speeding Up?
Plus: the men who get vasectomies together, the correct time to eat Thanksgiving dinner, and how to rethink an emotionally unfulfilling relationship
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Don Brinn / AP The Family Weekly: He Was a Cop Fighting the ‘Drug War.’ Then His Daughter Overdosed.
Plus: the effects of spanking kids, struggling with a decade-old secret, and the ballooning number of American bridesmaids
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John Raoux / AP ‘We Don’t Want to Live a Long Life in Fear’
A mass shooting just two days after the midterm elections has motivated the young gun-reform activists of March for Our Lives to continue their mission.
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John Bazemore / AP The Family Weekly: The Health Crisis for Black Moms in Georgia
Plus: apologizing for a sexual assault, refusing to give in to fear, and ads in kids’ apps
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Jordan Strauss / AP The Family Weekly: Do Dogs Really Need Their Own Pumpkin-Spice Lattes?
Plus: the families where everyone is behind bars, and the ongoing debate about cohabitation and divorce
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John Drysdale / Keystone Features/ Getty The Family Weekly: ‘Uber for Kids’ and the Future of How Children Get Around
Plus: fighting the loneliness epidemic in schools, talking to kids about race, and being an accomplice to an affair
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Blend Images / Andersen Ross / Getty The Family Weekly: What Marketers Think Moms Want
Plus: Declining sperm counts, the problem with time-outs, and the rise of the “engagement photoshoot”
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John B. Mueller Photography / Getty The Rise of the Engagement Photo Shoot
Spurred by the changing norms of social media, soon-to-be newlyweds are clamoring for professional photos even before their wedding day.
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Richard Vogel / AP The Family Weekly: The Political Power of Angry Moms
Plus: the children raised on YouTube, a sexless marriage, and how nudism saved a family
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Senate Judiciary Committee The Family Weekly: When Parents Enable Teenage Binge Drinking
Plus: The logic behind “dad jokes,” the psychological effects of luxury goods, and a surprising reason why divorce rates are declining
