Natalie Escobar
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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
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Family Weekly: What Teens Think About the Kavanaugh Allegations and Consent
Plus: babies’ dreams, a debate about the “confidence gap,” and how to deal with a mother’s criticism
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Alex Brandon / AP The Family Weekly: How Parents Can Help Shield Kids From a Hurricane’s Trauma
Plus: the masculine origins of feminized names, and the story of an asylum-seeking mother and son separated at the border
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Ian Hodgson / Reuters The Family Weekly: School-Day Schedules Don’t Work for Families
Plus: how white parents perpetuate racism, stay-at-home dads and masculinity, and a couple who disagrees on whether to have more children
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J. Emilio Flores / Cal State LA How 50 Years of Latino Studies Shaped History Education
The first program of this kind, founded in 1968, inspired the expansion of ethnic studies as a discipline, which provides an important counter-narrative to typically Eurocentric college classes.
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Jeff Chiu / AP The Family Weekly: The Benefits of Teaching Sex Ed to Preschoolers
Plus: teaching preteen girls about puberty, unexpected news about STD rates, and KFC’s latest marketing stunt aimed at babies
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Darron Cummings / AP The Family Weekly: The Case for Not Saying “Hey Guys”
Plus: Parenting potential psychopaths, leaving kids at college, and cutting ties from an abusive mother.
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Patrick Semansky / AP The Family Weekly: There’s No Easy Way to Talk About Wanting Grandkids
Plus: The history of family separations, an examination of roommate relationships, and fertility apps.
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John Moore / Getty Family Separation Isn’t New
U.S. immigration policy has traumatized migrant children and parents for nearly a century.
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Fuse / Getty The Family Weekly: Are Women’s Medical Concerns Finally Being Taken Seriously?
Plus: how paid leave can help domestic-abuse survivors, and a rocky friendship after weight loss.
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Stephen Spillman / AP The Family Weekly: The Inner Lives of Middle Schoolers
Plus: the legal realities of reuniting immigrant families, and the struggle to connect with stepkids
