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John Moore / Getty Images It's Almost Impossible for Inmates to Get a Divorce
The average prisoner has neither the power to compel transportation to court nor the money to hire an attorney. But one Chicago court may have found a fix.
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Jean-Sebastian Evrard / AFP / Getty When Left-Wing Feminists and Conservative Catholics Unite
In Europe, a reproductive rights issue yields an unlikely partnership.
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Kara Gordon Getting Therapy Instead of Serving Time
A whole-family approach shows promise in keeping young offenders out of prison.
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Kara Gordon 'I Can’t Keep My Brother Out of Jail, and That Hurts'
A younger sister shares her profound grief for a brother who can’t seem to escape a cycle of crime and prison.
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Kara Gordon Is Juvenile Justice Beyond Repair?
One advocate describes what happens in a family when a child is behind bars.
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Kara Gordon In Prison, but Still a Big Sister
A sibling bond that could not be broken by incarceration.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Donald Trump Shifts the Debate on Childcare to the Left
Whether he wins or not, the Republican nominee has pushed his party closer to the Democratic position a key economic issue.
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Julie Jacobson / AP Strollers on Campus
With families in tow, parents on campus require different support than traditional students.
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Juleyka Lantigua-Williams / The Atlantic When the Whole Family Goes to Pre-K
San Antonio is bringing everyone to the classroom.
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India Picture / Shutterstock Birth Order Is Basically Meaningless
Any differences in personality are so small that they barely matter, new research says.
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Heidi de Marco / Kaiser Health News How One Hospital Reduced Unnecessary C-Sections
Public report cards for doctors led to lowered costs and more natural births.
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Pascal Lauener / Reuters One Woman's Baby, Another Woman's Breast Milk
Out of preference or necessity, some mothers are relying on milk donated by acquaintances or online connections. But is it safe?
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Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters The Quantified Baby
Parents can use apps to digitally track their pregnancies and, once the child is born, naps, moods, and even diaper changes. Is there a tradeoff to all that data?
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Thomas Leth-Olsen/Flickr Pursuing 'Purpose' at the Expense of Family
How the story of Chris Kyle resurfaced an the age-old moral dilemma
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Zoyalipets/Shutterstock The Internal Bowl
In terms of food consumption, the Super Bowl marks the unhealthiest day of the year.
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John Hope/Flickr The Psychological Reason 'Billie Jean' Kills at Weddings
Research suggests that a love of particular songs can be passed from generation to generation.
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aaron Gilson/Flickr How Nurses Can Help Low-Income Mothers and Kids
The Nurse Family Partnership coaches poor first-time moms on parenting and life skills from pregnancy through the toddler years.
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AP 'Play Freely at Your Own Risk'
A history of adventure playgrounds, which offer children the opportunity for no-rules recreation
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Bridget Coila/Flickr What Happens to a Woman's Brain When She Becomes a Mother
From joy and attachment to anxiety and protectiveness, mothering behavior begins with biochemical reactions.
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wongwean/Shutterstock/The Atlantic 'Home Is a Medicine Unto Itself'
Turning our two-bedroom apartment into a makeshift hospital for my son's long-term care meant giving our family life a makeover, too.
