We were already digging into the research on various problems facing American families, and then COVID-19 hit and ratcheted all of it up a notch. This season we'll look at where the nuclear family ideal came from, the relationship between families and the school system, how and why mothers from different racial and ethnic backgrounds face very different experiences of motherhood in America, how the climate, COVID and parenting crises intersect, and much more. Subscribe now so you won't miss our first episode, dropping August 18th ... the day school was supposed to start again.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices