This chapter focuses on the Schumann home and its inhabitants, drawing on documentary evidence to highlight Robert’s relationships with the family members who shaped his formative years. Diaries and letters paint the picture of a close-knit family that fostered Robert’s talents – encouraging his lifelong loves of literature and music – and in which he was a devoted son, brother, and brother-in-law. Yet while these sources depict a warm and loving home, they also reveal a succession of family deaths that took a serious toll on Robert’s mental health as a young man. Attending to the close relationships he shared with his parents, brothers, and sisters-in-law, as well as the emotional suffering he experienced at their deaths, offers illuminating context for understanding Robert’s artistic and intellectual principles as well as the mental health challenges with which he struggled as an adult.