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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.

Fully for the Family
Winter 2025
BYU professors study the effects of full-day kindergarten on families.
Raising Readers
Winter 2025
Tips to encourage kids to turn off the TV, put down the phone, and read a book.
Create Family Connections
Fall 2024
BYU research shows that balancing family rituals, prayers, and activities fosters stronger family bonds and more joy.
Raising Resilient Kids
Summer 2024
Four parenting practices can build emotional strength and self-confidence in children.
Parenting with Peace
Spring 2024
Learn four ways that parents can strengthen their marital relationships and experience increased peace.
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.
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 Dangers of Dating Apps
Spring 2023
Violent sexual predators are using dating apps to target vulnerable victims.
No Technoference, Please!
Winter 2023
Parents’ unhealthy social-media habits may put their children at risk.
Whatever It Takes
Fall 2022
When her toddler son received a devastating diagnosis, a mother threw herself into the fight to find a cure.
The Rewards of Indebtedness
Fall 2022
Deep gratitude to God is a remedy for entitlement and selfishness.
When’s Dinner?
Summer 2022
Hungry for more family time? Look no further than dinner, say BYU researchers.
Nourish and Strengthen
Summer 2022
Empowering children to improve their relationship with food and body image starts at home.
For Love and Money
Spring 2022
Parents who teach their kids about money set them up for future success, both financially and romantically.
The Horrors of Wedded Ambivalence
Winter 2022
Researchers use scary movies to study fear and support in marriage relationships.
Flying Under the Lucky Star
Fall 2021
A family of balloonists are bound together by their high-flying pursuit. Meet the Cannon family.
BYU’s Own Mr. Rogers (aka Dorie Haws) on the Honesty of Children
Summer 2021
Dorie Haws teaches and observes kids and their innate honesty claiming that the rest of us need to become like them.