Families and Family Life

March 19, 2021

A Home Away From the Virus, However You Can Find It

Whether hitting the road or sailing out to sea, restless families are packing up and ‘slow traveling’ to new destinations. Last June, as Americans began to […]
March 5, 2021

Modern Love: My Parents' Divorce and That Two-House, Duffel-Bag Life

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January 13, 2021

This $100 Moroccan Trellis Rug is The New Amazon Coat

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December 22, 2020

The Cons of Learning Pods

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December 18, 2020

Zoom Cocktails 2.0: The Holiday Edition

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December 10, 2020

End of ‘One Day at a Time’ Removes One of TV’s Few Latino Families

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November 23, 2020

Old Letters, Photos and Recipes Brighten Smaller Thanksgivings

Every Wednesday night at 8:15, 16 of my wife’s family members gather around computer screens in their homes in Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; New York City; and […]
November 21, 2020

Inside America's Thanksgiving Travel Chaos

After a record-setting election and record-setting unemployment claims, within a frightening pandemic and between strict diets of misinformation and disinformation, America is ready to have a […]
November 20, 2020

Modern Love: She Stood in for My Mother. Could I Do the Same for Her?

I used to hate going clothes shopping with my grandmother. We would go to a store, pick out an array of jean skirts and sports bras, […]
November 18, 2020

Masks Protect Against Covid—and Awkward Social Situations

Julianne Kassidy had one ex she definitely didn’t want to run into. (Don’t we all?) In late October, it had almost been a year since Ms. […]