Family

A selection of recent articles on this topic

How to Become a Low-Tech Family

Peco & Ruth Gaskovski

Is there a life beyond the screen? In 2010, Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows described what the internet…

Why Are Divorce Memoirs Trending?

Kerri Christopher

Divorce rates may be down in the U.S. from their all-time high in the 1980s (although so…

Children Are Gifts, Not Products

Juliana Sweeny

In late September, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University announced a breakthrough that could reshape the…

Home, Not Real Estate

Liel Leibovitz

As a cultural touchstone, Saturday Night Live has been irrelevant for at least a decade now, or…

The Problem of Population Decline (ft. Georgina Kiss-Kozma)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Georgina Kiss-Kozma joins…

The Church’s Answer to the World (ft. Carter Griffin)

Mark Bauerlein

In the ​latest installment of the ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein, Fr. Carter Griffin…

Finding Private Roy 

Mary Eberstadt

By the late 1970s, when I attended public high school in rural, blue-collar Central New York, more…

Protestants Against the Pill

Katelyn Walls Shelton

Ben Jefferies is an Anglican priest who says he knows that one of his parishioners throws away…

Reclaiming Time from Work

John M. Grondelski

“Greedy work” is a concept attributed to economist Claudia Goldin, but its intellectual roots can be traced…

Parents Are Not Their Children’s Authors

Leah Libresco Sargeant

With every bite you take, ask yourself, is this the best choice I could make for my…

A Practical Guide to Freeing Kids and Teens from Smartphones

R. R. Reno

In this episode, Clare Morell joins R. R. Reno in the First Things office to talk about…

How Obergefell Harmed Children

John Bursch

When I stood before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 to defend the constitutionality of state marriage…

The Conservative Case Against the Nuclear Family

Stephen G. Adubato

After my great aunt’s funeral a few months ago, my father took me for a ride around…

Calendar Rituals

John Wilson

On the first day of a new month, I turn the pages of our calendars. To the…

The Fall of a Sparrow

Caylan Ford

For many years now, I have made my summer office on the secluded patio of a Calgary…