Written in collaboration with Jacqueline Silverstone. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, loved ones were reaching out to one another for support. Communication among family members helped ...

Family communication patterns describe the ways in which families share information, express emotions and negotiate conflict. Two dominant orientations—conversation orientation, which encourages open ...

It can be wonderful to share a business with your family, the very folks you know best, enjoy, care for and respect. Yet many families run into trouble when they try to work together. Their individual ...

Family conflicts possess the unique power to wound more deeply than disagreements with strangers, precisely because they occur between people who matter most to us and whose opinions carry the ...

Family is powerful. Within families, we discover who we are and what we can expect from other people. We learn how to navigate group identity (how we are alike) and individuality (how we are different ...

One-third of parents say they feel uninformed about their child’s progress in school, and less than 40 percent receive regular communication around supporting their child’s academic success, according ...