families

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On phone calls, and in person, the families of the dead girls began to meet to share their grief and swap notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

“Evidence suggests that when families have supportive infrastructure around them, they’re more likely to have the children they want to have,” Erin Erenberg, co-founder and CEO of Chamber of Mothers, told Salon.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

The couple co-founded the Ballmer Group, a foundation focused on economic mobility for children and families, in 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Both were immigrants from Ukraine, and they spent holidays together with their families.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Then I made a list of all the families I knew and checked off everyone I’d visited or talked to so far.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney