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December 20, 2024
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Alysse ElHage, Patricia Papernow and Naomi Cahn
5 Questions With Family Studies: Navigating Stepfamily Dynamics During the Holidays
For kids, a new stepfamily often adds more loss, on top of the loss of their first-time family and the enforced distance from one side. So stepfamilies often make a boatload of overwhelming change for children.
December 19, 2024
by
Grant Bailey and Lyman Stone
The Trump Bump: The Republican Fertility Advantage in 2024
After the 2020 election, IFS published an article arguing that there was a “conservative fertility
December 18, 2024
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Emily Harrison
What Parents Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence
With AI reaching into almost every nook and cranny of our lives, it is difficult for parents to
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