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BYU Family Insights

Alumni

Fostering a Brighter Future

A BYU alumni couple has provided refuge for thousands of Northern Californian children.

Fall 2023
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Letters from Home

Remote Learning

A sports-loving husband learns a lesson from a TV controller.

Fall 2023

Faith

Designed for Covenant Relationships

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

Spring 2023

Family

Bringing Him Back

When this grad was young, nothing was worse than a BYU home game.

Spring 2023
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Parenting
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Stuck in Neutral on the Road to Adulthood
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A House Undivided
Summer 2017
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Arm Your Kids for the Battle
Spring 2015
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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.
Two students, each on opposite sides of an indoor glass window, write math equations together on the window.

Brother-Sister Act

The basics of college life are anything but simple for Damian Anderson, who has autism.
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Family Focus
In a cemetery, three teens create an impression by rubbing chalk or charcoal on a paper pressed to a headstone.
Ancestral Anchors
Family history stories empower and nurture identity in teens.
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
Cooking family recipes evokes memories of generations of home cooks who prepared meals for those they love.

Letters from Home

A Handful of Shortening 

Cooking family recipes evokes memories of generations of home cooks who prepared meals for those they love.

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
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
Illustration of children holding up their hands on a laptop screen in an online classroom and the title "How to Win @ Online Learning."

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
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.

People

Leaving the Nest 

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

Fall 2022
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
Cooking family recipes evokes memories of generations of home cooks who prepared meals for those they love.

Letters from Home

A Handful of Shortening 

Cooking family recipes evokes memories of generations of home cooks who prepared meals for those they love.

Summer 2022