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Cruz family / The Atlantic I Didn’t Know My Mom Was Dying. Then She Was Gone.
Would things have been better if I had known the truth?
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Olivia Arthur / Magnum The Two Reasons Parents Regret Having Kids
A small but significant proportion of mothers and fathers wish they’d never had children. The whole family can suffer as a result.
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THEPALMER / Getty Child-Care Workers Might Not Come Back
Centers are closed, pay is low, and young kids aren’t vaccinated. Some caregivers have had enough.
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The Atlantic We’re All Second-Guessing Ourselves Now
Parents and grandparents constantly rely on their intuition for raising kids. With Delta, I just feel helpless.
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Elizabeth Bick / The New York Times / … They Met During Lockdown. They Realized Who They Were Dating Later.
All relationships have a private and a public side. Many couples who met during the pandemic are just starting to grapple with the public part.
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The Atlantic Yes, the Pandemic Is Bad Again
Masks are reappearing and return-to-office plans have been postponed. Welcome to Delta’s whiplash.
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Jan Buchczik Which Pet Will Make You Happiest?
A pandemic puppy can increase your well-being—if you choose one for the right reasons.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Long Recovery After a Spouse Gets Out of Prison
PTSD in the formerly incarcerated has been widely studied. But what follows the “vicarious imprisonment” of their free-world romantic partners?
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Getty; The Atlantic Perfectionism Can Become a Vicious Cycle in Families
Mothers and fathers risk passing down this tendency to the next generation, creating a pattern of dissatisfaction.
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The Atlantic 3 Rules for Politeness During a Confusing Social Transition
Our pre-pandemic social manners have been upended. But although etiquette is always in flux, its principles should be timeless.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Most Effective Way to Thank Your Significant Other
One fact of long-term relationships is that humans often take their partner for granted. Think of gratitude as a buffer against that.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic She Got Pregnant. His Body Changed Too.
Couvade syndrome, in which men get pregnancy symptoms, remains a medical mystery. But the condition reveals how transformative fatherhood is—and how society misunderstands that.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Sperm Donation Is Free, but There’s a Catch
An expensive and convoluted health-care system has led some couples to look for unregulated genetic material on Facebook.
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Franziska Barczyk Why We Speak More Weirdly at Home
When people share a space, their collective experience can sprout its own vocabulary, known as a familect.
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Martin Parr / Magnum Photos The Unspoken Wedge Between Parents and Grandparents
Each generation has its own norms for parenting. Arguing over the differences can be an emotional minefield.
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Getty / Adam Maida / The Atlantic What You’re Saying When You Give Someone the Silent Treatment
Social ostracism has been a common punishment for millennia. But freezing someone out harms both the victim and the perpetrator.
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Getty / The Atlantic Ageism Is Making the Pandemic Worse
The disregard for the elderly that’s woven into American culture is hurting everyone.
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David McNew / Reuters The Biggest Deterrent to Reporting Child Sexual Abuse
Children’s-rights advocates have been working to fix statute-of-limitation laws that stop victims from coming forward later in life.
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Eric Thayer / Reuters The Stress of a Natural Disaster Can Take a Toll on Babies in Utero
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, researchers found that the stress from dealing with the storm had adverse effects on the infants born soon after.
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Courtesy of Mia Foos How Parents of Child Influencers Package Their Kids’ Lives for Instagram
The platform’s youngest stars owe their fame to their parents’ intense work behind the scenes.
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