By GAIL ROSENBLUM, Star Tribune ( Read more... )

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This week, while reading in From Shame to Peace, the thought hit me whether it could be that some traditional, strongly group-oriented societies are as abusive as a dysfunctional family ( Read more... )

By Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Staff Writer ( Read more... )

For some women, the connection between mother-daughter just gets stronger with age ( Read more... )

The folks at Hallmark are going to have a very good day on June 17. That's when more than 100 million of the company's ubiquitous cards will be given to the 66 million dads across the U.S. in observation of Father's Day. Such a blizzard of paper may be short of the more than 150 million cards sold for Mother's Day, but it's still quite a tribute. ( Read more... )

by James EmeryIf a woman brings shame to the family -- through allegations of premarital or extramarital sex, by refusing an arranged marriage, or attempting to obtain a divorce -- her male relatives are bound by duty and culture to murder her ( Read more... )

As a German brother and sister take their fight for the right to a sexual relationship to the country's highest court, the BBC News website's Clare Murphy looks at the history of the incest taboo and how it is changing ( Read more... )

Hey,
I was wondering what your thoughts on "Family of the Future" would be such as the role of each member of the family, size of family, etc.  from the view of an anthropologist (you may still answer this question even if you aren't an anthropologist) 100 years from now?

I think many people will adopt children in the future so you'll see many ( Read more... )

Online marriage brokers are common in China, but a young Chinese Web site is thriving by turning the traditional idea of marriage on its head ( Read more... )