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Affording a Family

Rising costs strain young families, but smart choices, communication, and realistic expectations can build stability.

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Raising Happy Athletes

Four tips to lower burnout, injuries, and dropout rates in youth sports.

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Growing Up with AI

Four ways to help kids use artificial intelligence and maintain authentic connections.

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Playing Favorites

How birth order, personality, and gender affect relationships. And what parents can do to foster strong family bonds.

Stealing Moments
Winter 2025
Take the time to hold on tight and be mindful of what means the most.
Fully for the Family
Winter 2025
BYU professors study the effects of full-day kindergarten on families.
First Love, Then Teach
Winter 2025
Teaching in any capacity can be tough. Teresa Smith Leavitt has classroom management tips for anyone who manages kids.
Create Family Connections
Fall 2024
BYU research shows that balancing family rituals, prayers, and activities fosters stronger family bonds and more joy.
High on a Table Top
Summer 2024
This family leveled up together with wildflowers, a moose, and a thunderstorm.
Finding Green Pastures
Spring 2024
How four restless cows became reminders of grace and peace.
Parenting with Peace
Spring 2024
Learn four ways that parents can strengthen their marital relationships and experience increased peace.
Underground Gratitude 
Winter 2024
The best part of basement living? Developing relationships with my family upstairs.
All in the Family
Winter 2024
Meet BYU's mother-daughter basketball duo: Amber and Amari Whiting.
Prepare to Care
Winter 2024
Insights from a BYU professor on having open conversations about caregiving for aging family members.
Forever BYU Friends
Winter 2024
Grads who shared campus rooms, trials, and triumphs also built lasting bonds.
Remote Learning
Fall 2023
A sports-loving husband learns a lesson from a TV controller.
Ancestral Anchors
Fall 2023
Family history stories empower and nurture identity in teens.
For Faith and Family
Summer 2023
Yong-In Spencer Shin, a BYU Distinguished Alumni Award winner, has built a legacy of faith and family.
Circles of Love
Summer 2023
LeeAnne Lisonbee Whitaker remembers a moment of connection across five living generations of women in her family.
The Gift of Feedback
Spring 2023
Feedback is a gift—no matter how badly it's wrapped.
Designed for Covenant Relationships
Spring 2023
We are deeply relational beings, designed for love and connection with God and with one another.
No Technoference, Please!
Winter 2023
Parents’ unhealthy social-media habits may put their children at risk.
Couches
Winter 2023
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.
Whatever It Takes
Fall 2022
When her toddler son received a devastating diagnosis, a mother threw herself into the fight to find a cure.