Harsh discipline, by contrast, violates these principles. When parents yell, threaten, or punish without explanation, children don’t feel heard or respected. They may obey in the moment out of fear, ...

For me, it was an opportunity to see firsthand how colonial violence is remembered in Namibia. This was not my first time learning about Germany’s colonial history. In 2022, I spent two weeks in ...

Today, the majority of American parents financially support their adult children. Estimates suggest that only a quarter of young adults are financially independent and rely on their parents for ...

Discussions of trans youth and their families typically focus on relationships with parents: how parents allow, promote, or discourage particular gender identities and expressions. But a family is ...

The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota ...

Photo of Jacob Otis smiling in front of a bookshelf. Our intrepid graduate editor and longtime board member Jacob Otis will be signing off from TSP this winter after several years of outstanding ...

We’ve had a great fall semester at TSP, welcoming five new board members who share our mission to publish high-quality public sociology.