The first time you pack a home to start a new one, you realize you’re not just moving furniture, you’re moving a culture. I found that out the year my husband and I wrapped and packed our new dishes next to his large trunk of travel souvenirs and my grandmother’s floral music box. On paper,…
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Love isn’t dead, but it is getting wiser. Pew Research Center’s newly released brief on divorce lands with a hopeful headline for families: compared with the 1980s, Americans are less likely to divorce than they used to be. That’s not wishful thinking or an over simplification, it shows up in a long arc of numbers.…
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I’ll go first: I haven’t been the best about guardrails around my kids’ “digital identity.” Like a lot of parents, I posted the happy, the funny, and sometimes the very specific—team names, school logos, “We’re here!” vacation snaps. However, I’ve recently learned more about digital footprints, and while it didn’t send me into a shame…
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Honoring Where You’re From While Building What Comes Next
The first time you pack a home to start a new one, you realize you’re not just moving furniture, you’re moving a culture. I found that out the year my husband and I wrapped and packed our new dishes next to his large trunk of travel souvenirs and my grandmother’s floral music box. On paper,…
Second Chances, Slower Starts: How We Got to Fewer Divorces
Love isn’t dead, but it is getting wiser. Pew Research Center’s newly released brief on divorce lands with a hopeful headline for families: compared with the 1980s, Americans are less likely to divorce than they used to be. That’s not wishful thinking or an over simplification, it shows up in a long arc of numbers.…
Sharenting and Your Child’s Digital Footprint
I’ll go first: I haven’t been the best about guardrails around my kids’ “digital identity.” Like a lot of parents, I posted the happy, the funny, and sometimes the very specific—team names, school logos, “We’re here!” vacation snaps. However, I’ve recently learned more about digital footprints, and while it didn’t send me into a shame…