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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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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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Heritage Images / Getty Why Don’t More Men Take Their Wives’ Last Names?
The vast majority of U.S. adults think a woman should give up her maiden name when she gets married.
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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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Dear Therapist: My Adult Son Walked Out on Me on Mother’s Day
We’ve been growing apart lately, after he got married.
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Dear Therapist: I Care About My Friend More Than She Does About Me
I thought we were wedding-invitation close. She, apparently, did not.
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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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Dear Therapist: My Brother’s Behavior Sickens Me. Should I Cut Him Off?
I can’t tolerate his attitude toward my mom, so I’m considering not talking to him anymore.
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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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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.
