About Some of the Photos

photograph of a parent kissing a baby

Title page UNITED KINGDOM: Parents welcome the new baby with hugs and kisses.

photograph of a family sitting around a table doing homework

3 UNITED STATES: These parents in Piedmont, California, help their children with their homework.

photograph of an African family in their home

4 ETHIOPIA: A family in Dire Dawa sits in front of their home.

photograph of an Inuit family

5 CANADA: Inuit children laugh on the coastal rocks near their Kent Peninsula camp.

photograph of a Vietnamese family on their boat

6 VIETNAM: This family lives on their boat in Hon Gai Harbor in the fishing village of Halong Bay.

photograph of a family sitting on a lawn and chairs in a park-like setting

7 UNITED STATES: A family smiles for the camera at a picnic in Rockland County, New York.

photograph of a grandmother, mother, and four children

8 UNITED STATES: This family in Schenectady, New York, loves it when Grandma visits from Puerto Rico.

photograph of a father, mother, and baby in a stroller

9 UNITED STATES: Mom dries the tears of this little girl in Suffern, New York.

photograph of Native American grandmother weaving and her granddaughter

10 UNITED STATES: A Navajo grandmother in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, teaches her granddaughter how to weave.

photograph of a family playing piano and violins together

11 SOUTH KOREA: Parents help their sons learn to play the violin.

photograph of a Native American family taking the bark off a log

12 UNITED STATES: A Seminole family in Florida takes bark off a log that will be used to build their new home.

photograph of a father and daughter in a boat

13 UNITED STATES: A girl loads lobster traps with her Dad in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

photograph of a father and a daughter planting a shrub

13 UNITED STATES: This father and daughter plant a shrub in Campbell, California.

photograph of a father playing with his baby

14 BRAZIL: In Olinda, a father plays with his baby.

photograph of a Saudi mother, father, and children laughing

15 SAUDI ARABIA: Whee! A family goes on a ride at the Prince Muhammad Amusement Center in Dharma.