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Letter Of Support

Members of the parenting education and family support community are witnessing significant distress and human suffering across our nation. As an organization committed to equity, justice, and the well-being of all families, Just Families cannot ignore the impact of these events on children, caregivers, and the communities that nurture them. Our need to name injustice is rooted in developmental science and our belief that every child and family deserves safety, stability, and dignity. Many families,

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Family Vacations: Making Memories

Family Vacations Have you ever curiously flipped through a calendar or book of “awkward family photos”? You know, the ones that contain page after page of photos of families with big hair, wearing matching ugly holiday sweaters, posing proudly in what could be construed as questionable or compromising positions, and inappropriately clad holding exotic animals. Such photos make us chuckle and scratch our heads. “What were they thinking?” we ask ourselves.  (If you are looking

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Mama, Why Can’t Our Family be Normal?

“Create blog entry for Just Families NC” was on my to-do list for a while. It was right after “sign-up for a writing class,” nestled among a bunch of other less interesting tasks. Despite my good intentions, writing kept slipping farther and farther down my ever expanding list. “Create a blog entry” is an abstract task, and it wasn’t until my 12 year-old daughter gave me the inspiration I needed that I was able to

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