Caregiving for aging and dying parents can be tough for anyone—tougher still when it forces you to confront longtime family dynamics of abuse. Sociologist Deborah Cohan blurs the lines between academic research on family caregiving and violence, and her own personal story about a father she calls both adoring and abusive.

The path to becoming a parent is complicated for LGBTQ people. Dr. Abbie E. Goldberg has evidence-based advice to help make it happen, debunking stereotypes and increasing the visibility of queer families. Her work can benefit all families. Including yours.

Divorce can be difficult today, but wait until you hear what it was like at the turn of the century. April White introduces us to the women who changed divorce in the United States.

As an adoptee, Angela Tucker invites us to consider the impacts of transracial adoption.

When Jessi Hempel came out of the closet she had no idea her whole family had been hiding in there with her.

Adam Benforado says expanding children’s rights will benefit everyone.

Mariel Buqué invites us to heal from our family traumas.

Cat Bohannon puts women back into the story of human evolution.

Tara Boyce says parenting with hope is more complicated than she anticipated.

Ross Gay says joy is something like what we feel like when we help each other carry our sorrows.

As a silent epidemic of chronic illnesses afflicts tens of millions of Americans, Meghan O’Rourke calls for revolution.

A transgender scholar makes history writing about transgender history.

The word “heathen” has fallen out of use, but the racist ideas behind it persist in the White American imagination.

A Métis woman reflects on the violence enacted on the bodies and lands of Indigenous people, especially women, in the United States.

A philosopher and prospective father wonders if things in the world are hopeful enough to bring children into it.

A Black Christian writer discovers the sacredness of rage.

An immigrant falls back in love with her culture and yearns to pass it along to her children.

When fighting monsters, we risk becoming monstrous.

After Rachel Held Evans died, Jeff Chu was there to finish her final book.

Reading scripture from the margins can change everything.