Family Dynamics

What makes a family? Learn about traditional and non-traditional family relationships, including single-parent families, families with gay parents, military families, and more. Try these tips for making your family work regardless of your family make-up.
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What Parents Need to Know About Amwell Online Therapy
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One Mom Looks Forward While Looking Back
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States Are Making Shared Custody the Default—Could This Be the Arrangement We've Been Waiting For?
The Mental Load of Being A Sandwich Generation Caregiver
The Mental Load of Being a Sandwich Generation Caregiver
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How to Mourn the Loss of an Estranged Parent
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I Once Embraced the 'Cool Aunt' Title but Now I Realize It Was a Lie
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What should I do if my mother-in-law plays favorites?
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The New American Family
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Donor-conceived People Are Calling for Changes to an Unregulated Business
Black Family Photographs
The Unapologetically Black Tradition of Expanding the Definition of Family
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When 'One More Baby' Is Quintuplets: 'We Became a Family of 9 Overnight!'
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My Husband Running Makes Me Rage & Here is What I Do About It
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I'm a Mom of Four, and Here's Why Having One Kid Is Harder Than Any Other Number of Children
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Initiative Matches Refugee Families to New Neighbors: 'A Friendly Connection Can Make All the Difference'
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10 Sweet Ways to Incorporate Your Kids Into Your Wedding
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Mom Says Family Can Live in "Filth" Until Husband and Kids Pitch in With Household Chores
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As Black Parents Raising a White Child, We Face Racism Every Day
The Changing Face of the American Family
The Changing Face of the American Family
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I Didn't Know English Well When I Moved to the US—and It Was Little Gestures From Others That Made All The Difference
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I Couldn’t Heal From My Mom Leaving Me Until I Became a Parent
Bryce Gruber
I'm Pregnant With My Fifth Child—Please Don't Judge Me
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Multigenerational Homes Are on the Rise—Here's How to Make It Work For Your Extended Family
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Why I'm Letting My 3 Year Old Help Plan My Wedding
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Transparenthood: Raising a Transgender Child
Amaria and Atreus Dowdell
How a Teen Parent Program Is Helping One Mom Follow Her Dreams While Raising Her Son: 'I Feel Like I'm Not Alone'
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What Living With My Ex to Co-Parent Looks Like for Us
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'It Doesn't Get Easier, but I Get Stronger': How Family Traditions Helped One Mom After Child Loss
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Having a Second Child Made Me Miss My Time With My First: Here's What I Did About It
Daniel and Janet Moreno with their son, Luke.
Deaf Parents Explain the Meaning of CODA
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My Surrogacy Journey Taught Me the Power of Community
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Foster Dad Has Taken in More Than 60 Teens: 'Everyone Deserves a Home To Go Back To'
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8 Boundaries Stepparents Shouldn't Cross
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This Dad Chose to Return to the Office Full-Time—and the Mom Says He's Leaving Her in the Lurch
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6 Ways to Teach Your Child to Accept Every Type of Family
"As a Black mom, you consciously think about what your kids wear, where they go, what they do, and who they hang with." Quote by Taayoo Murray
The Mental Load of the Black Mother
Kevin Gerdes
How Frustrations With Fostering Turned an Aspiring Dad Onto Surrogacy
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How to Break Bad Money Habits You Learned From Your Parents
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An Age-by-Age Guide to Bonding With Your Child & Teenager
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The Do's and Don'ts of Stepparent Discipline
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How To Support Parents of Transgender Kids in Your Community
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How to Navigate Family Estrangement
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Mom Shares the Moving Story of How She & Her Spouse Came Out to One Another
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4 Multiracial Families Share How They Make the Holidays Work
What You Need to Know About Your Only Child
8 Celeb Moms Who Have an Only Child
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7 Ways to Be a Great Aunt or Uncle
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9 Ways to Help Your Kids Accept a Stepparent
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Raising Five Siblings: 'I Became Their Mom, Dad, and Sister at 17'
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Families Are Forming Between Friends—Here's How Platonic Parenting Works
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I Get Mom-Shamed For My Children's Age Gap, But I Think It's the Best Way to Have Kids
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'I Had 4 Babies in 13 Months': How IVF, Surrogacy, and a Surprise Pregnancy Grew a Loving Family
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Inside the Mind of 'Family Annihilators'
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Growing Up in a Family With Multiple Ethnicities Was Both Lonely and Beautiful
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PSA: Dad is Not the Babysitter
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How We Talk About Dads Adds to the Mental Load on Moms
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We Fled Afghanistan for America After Insurgents Threatened Our Family & Now We Help Refugee Families Like Us
Ashlea Betzen-Miyauchi and Sarina Finkelstein-Leventi on October 19, 2019. Ashlea had just been admitted back into the hospital two days before for complications related to metastatic breast cancer.
As More Women Under 40 Are Diagnosed With Breast Cancer, Is 'Hospital Bed Mom' the New Face of Parenting?
Nikki Villavicencio and her child.
My Partner and I Both Use Wheelchairs: This Is How We Parent Despite Our Disabilities
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Transgender Parents Are Left Out of the Parenting Discourse—and the Pandemic Makes That Abundantly Clear
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A Letter to Dads Out There Killing It
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Great Names for Aunts and Uncles You'll Want to Use From the Start
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New York State's Definition of 'Parent' Just Changed for the First Time in 25 Years
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We're OK With Same-Sex Marriage, But Kind of Over Divorce
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Here's Why a Doctor Denied a Baby Healthcare