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Highlights from this week’s coverage on relationships and family life
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The Family Weekly

Welcome back to “The Family Weekly.” Every Saturday morning, we’ll send you a selection of our favorite stories from The Atlantic’s Family section. We’re excited to have you join us as we explore questions about family life and human relationships.


This Week in Family

The movement that emerged in the wake of the, when her grandfather, who hadn’t been to a demonstration since the 1960s, traveled from Florida to attend the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C., last Saturday. What led him to protest? As her grandfather put it: “I said to myself, you know what, you have missed so many moments in history because you hesitated and didn’t pay attention. Don’t miss this one.”

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