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    The Family Weekly: How Facebook Created a New Type of Relationship

    Active-shooter drills are demanding a lot of maturity from young students, and the economics that drive different parenting styles
    by Amal Ahmed Feb 08, 2019 2 minutes
    Source: Elijah Nouvelage / Reuters

    This Week in Family

    On the 15th anniversary of Facebook, the senior editor Julie Beck writes that . Much like the substance that keeps Voldemort barely alive in a semi-lifelike state, Facebook allows relationships with old classmates and distant relatives to drag on well beyond their natural life span.

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