Since early 2020, families in developed countries have been faced with a new experience, that of a pandemic. Thanks to hygiene policies, vaccinations, and the population's access to health services, people no longer saw epidemics as possible on a daily basis. The unexpected emergence of Covid-19 has stunned many people. States have imposed drastic measures. Schools have been closed. Means of transport have sometimes been suspended. The people were confined to their homes. These restrictive measures have had effects on people's experiences, on their psychological functioning. Parents had to take care of the daily education of their children, while doing telework. We have had a decrease in local social relations but a development of digital communications. Access to health services has often been achieved by teleconsultation, which has greatly complicated access to care for some.

This special issue offers a multidisciplinary, sociological, psychological, anthropological, educational and even psychopathological approach to the effects of the epidemic situation on the life and functioning of families and their members, parents and children.