Tag: Family
What Day of the Dead tells us about the Aztec philosophy...
Lynn Sebastian Purcell, State University of New York College at Cortland
Growing up in the United States, I remember on Halloween my mother used...
The US birth rate keeps declining: 4 questions answered
Marie Menke, University of Pittsburgh
Over the last few decades, birth rates have decreased across the globe.
The United States is no exception. Aside from a...
‘The Farewell’ highlights tough conversations families face when confronted with death
Nick Iannarino, University of Michigan
To my 87-year-old grandmother, not many subjects are taboo.
She was treated for colorectal cancer in 1996, and she still laughs...
How childbearing varies across US women in 3 charts
Caroline Sten Hartnett, University of South Carolina
Falling U.S. fertility rates have been making headlines.
These reports tend to focus on a single measure: the average...
Low-income parents want a white picket fence, not just money, before...
Christina Gibson-Davis, Duke University and Anna Gassman-Pines, Duke University
Marriage rates in the U.S. are declining, especially among the lowest-income Americans.
However, in October, wage...
How parenthood has changed the way I read ancient stories of...
Christopher A. Frilingos, Michigan State University
As Christmas approaches, many Christians will reflect on the Nativity, or birth of Jesus. The Christian Bible includes two...
An anthropologist explains why we love holiday rituals and traditions
Dimitris Xygalatas, University of Connecticut
The mere thought of holiday traditions brings smiles to most people’s faces and elicits feelings of sweet anticipation and nostalgia....
Skip fights about digital devices over the holidays – instead, let...
Shelia R. Cotten, Michigan State University
Holidays are a time for family and friends to come together, to celebrate and to enjoy each other’s company....
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
