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Separated Families Meet In The Middle Of The Rio Grande During 'Hugs Not Walls' Event

6:51pm June 21, 2021

by Mallory Falk

Along the Rio Grande, about 200 families separated by their legal status briefly reunited in the middle of the river over the weekend. It was part of an event called "Hugs Not Walls."

Health & Safety

Life Kit: How To Say Sorry

5:11pm June 20, 2021

by Simran Sethi

For NPR's Like Kit, journalist Simran Sethi talks to psychologist Harriet Lerner about how to offer apologies that are both heard and felt.

Father's Day, which started in 1910, takes place on the third Sunday of June every year.

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How Many Dads Does It Take To Screw In A Lightbulb? Father's Day By The Numbers

1:38pm June 20, 2021

by Meg Anderson

Father's Day happens each year on the third Sunday in June. Here are some fun facts — and a few groaners — to celebrate the day we honor all the dads out there.

Jeff Nelligan (center left) stands with his three sons in December 2019.

Health & Safety

Dad Draws On Maori Roots To Raise 3 Resilient Sons. Step 1: Send Them On A Milk Run

11:32am June 19, 2021

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Jeff Nelligan, whose Maori great-grandmother left New Zealand and settled in the U.S., explains his parenting strategies in his book Four Lessons From My Three Sons: How You Can Raise Resilient Kids.

Lucio Arreola and his daughters Lucia (from left), Paulina and Maria.

Health & Safety

Opinion: The Song Of A Father's Heartbeat

9:35am June 19, 2021

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon shares the story of Lucio Arreola, a father of three who's recovering from a heart transplant and whose family recorded a song for him using his own heartbeat.

Summer Colds Are Back — Here's How To Keep From Getting Sick

4:26pm June 16, 2021

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Bad news for parents of young kids: summer colds are back. Things like strategic mask wearing during story time or homework with a sick child can help prevent you from catching and spreading the cold.

Colette Baptiste-Mombo and her family at Jackson Memorial High School in 1974

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An Immigrant Family Navigates Generational Trauma

3:10pm June 16, 2021

Colette Baptiste-Mombo and her family moved to an all-white suburb at the height of the civil rights era. She shares how racist attacks changed her life, and how she deals with generational trauma.

Bell helps Caleb to the kitchen table for breakfast in their Harlem home. "It was very difficult for him to participate in any [remote] activities or related services due to his inability to see, hear or speak," she says. "All of his services decreased in

After Months Of Special Education Turmoil, Families Say Schools Owe Them

1:18pm June 16, 2021

Special education services were severely disrupted when schools closed in spring 2020. In many places, they have yet to fully resume. Now, families are demanding schools take action.

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The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood, by Krys Malcolm Belc

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Labeled 'Mother' When Not A Mother At All: On Being A Non-Binary Gestational Parent

6:30am June 15, 2021

by Britni de la Cretaz

In his debut The Natural Mother of the Child, Krys Malcolm Belc credits the pregnancy and birth of his son with helping him decide to transition.

This Jan. 26, 1965, file photo shows Mildred Loving and her husband Richard P Loving. Bernard S. Cohen, who successfully challenged a Virginia law banning interracial marriage.

June 12 Is Loving Day — When Interracial Marriage Finally Became Legal In The U.S.

10:33pm June 12, 2021

"Loving Day" celebrates the historic ruling in Loving v. Virginia, which declared unconstitutional a Virginia law prohibiting mixed-race marriage — and legalized interracial marriage in every state.