Juliana is a correspondent covering marriage, family, and sexuality as part of WORLD’s Relations beat. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate and earned a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Juliana resides in the Washington, D.C., metro area with her husband and three children.
Stepfamilies and single-parent households set looser restrictions
“Standards of care” include acceptance of elective castration
Some parents and doctors push back against pressure
MOVIE | Weighty portrayals of American racism takes center stage in children’s WWII tale
PARENTAL ADVISORY: This story covers a mature subject not suitable for younger children
MOVIE | Adamma and Adanne Ebo’s satire about prosperity gospel has the ring of truth about it
More states streamline the process to amend sex designations on birth certificates
The National Council for Adoption publishes the largest survey of adoptive families
MOVIE | Ron Howard’s dramatization of the 2018 rescue of a Thai soccer team trapped in a cave reminds us we’re all in need of saving
Juliana Chan Erikson, Joyce Wu | As more dads become primary caregivers to their children, many learn to homeschool and navigate expectations