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Research

Blessed Are the Peacemakers

BYU experts offer research-based and gospel-backed ways to create peace and disagree with each other better.

Spring 2024
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People

Finding Green Pastures

How four restless cows became reminders of grace and peace.

Spring 2024
Baked strawberry pie

People

Easy as Pie

Enjoy this simple, delightfully fresh pie.

Spring 2024

Faith

Designed for Covenant Relationships

We are deeply relational beings, designed for love and connection with God and with one another.

Spring 2023
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Remote Learning

A sports-loving husband learns a lesson from a TV controller.
Artistic rendering of a family tree.

Linking Families 

Family history gets faster as economics professor Joseph P. Price (BA ’03) and a team of skilled students run the Record

Leaving the Nest 

A red-tailed hawk family and a mother both prepare to say goodbye to fledglings.

Couches

Wherever mom was, we were. In the kitchen. On her king-size bed. As close as we could possibly get to her on the couch.
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The Rewards of Indebtedness

Deep gratitude to God is a remedy for entitlement and selfishness.

Whatever It Takes

When her toddler son received a devastating diagnosis, a mother threw herself into the fight to find a cure.
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Family Focus
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Parenting with Peace
Learn four ways that parents can strengthen their marital relationships and experience increased peace.
A young woman has a caring conversation with her aging relative.

Family

Prepare to Care

Insights from a BYU professor on having open conversations about caregiving for aging family members.

Winter 2024
In a cemetery, three teens create an impression by rubbing chalk or charcoal on a paper pressed to a headstone.

Family

Ancestral Anchors

Family history stories empower and nurture identity in teens.

Fall 2023
An illustrated crocodile with a smartphone in its mouth and a pink hand reaching down to access a dating app.

Family

The Dangers of Dating Apps

Violent sexual predators are using dating apps to target vulnerable victims.

Spring 2023
Parenting
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A Healthy Way to Talk to Kids About Sex
Healthy sexuality isn't an easy topic. This expert shares how to talk to kids about sex using research and the gospel.
A photo of a mom crouching on her skateboard while helping her toddler daughter balance on the board.

Family

Skater Mums

An award-winning BYU capstone film explores resilience from a new angle: mothers who skateboard.

Fall 2021
A toddler with curly brown hair sits in his high chair and bites into a green stalk of broccoli. An abandoned swirl sucker has been set to the side.

Family Focus

Nourish and Strengthen

Empowering children to improve their relationship with food and body image starts at home.

Summer 2022
A happy figurine family stands atop a pile of coins.

Family Focus

For Love and Money

Parents who teach their kids about money set them up for future success, both financially and romantically.

Spring 2022
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Family

How to Win @ Online Learning

Love it or loathe it, online learning is here to stay. See how BYU experts are navigating the new currents of edtech.

Winter 2021
Letters from Home
Cows wander over hills with a house and farm in the background.
Finding Green Pastures
How four restless cows became reminders of grace and peace.

Letters from Home

Underground Gratitude 

The best part of basement living? Developing relationships with my family upstairs.

Winter 2024
Cartoon drawing of a father and his kid staring up at the stars and constellations.

Family

The Dark Planet

By restoring old cars Scott Knight connects with his son and is finally able to understand the world of ADHD.

Winter 2022

Family

Couches

Wherever mom was, we were. In the kitchen. On her king-size bed. As close as we could possibly get to her on the couch.

Winter 2023