2021

In a substantial number of families with children, mothers, whether single or partnered, are now the primary breadwinner. More than 40 percent of American mothers solely or primarily support their minor children through their own earnings in any given year.

A fresh collection of original essays by leading scholars that explores how families operate in everyday life.

A new study explores how behaviors once seen as maladaptive may actually protect youth.

A new study explores the wide-ranging effects of student loan debt on young adults – and what they would do if they were forgiven.

Despite the important temporary relief provided to many families by the March 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provided $1,200 to qualifying adults and $500 to their dependent children, millions of American families are experiencing financial hardship as we enter the new year.