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The impact of new technologies on families as a megatrend.  

How do we keep a child motivated during the pandemic? What can we do to help protect children’s mental health? Psychologist and child development expert Dr. Lisa Damour answers these [...]

The number of deaths linked to COVID-19 among those living in nursing homes has been extremely high, while low-educated individuals and those having household incomes below the national median [...]

For many years, loneliness and social isolation were seen as a social problem among primarily older people and as a natural part of growing older. More recently, they have been framed as a public [...]

Accessible, affordable, and quality childcare helps parents return to work after parental leave, improves children’s social and cognitive development, and promotes a more gender-equitable [...]

Covid-19 has not only upended people’s lives but also laid bare the cracks in their financial preparedness to tackle unexpected events. Although most people consider financial security and family [...]

As the nation celebrated Father’s Day, data released in the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual Current Population Survey, or CPS, showed that the number of children living without a father in the home [...]

This open access book examines how childhood social disadvantage influences young-adult demographic decision-making and later-life economic and well-being outcomes. [Aart C. Liefbroer and Mioara [...]

Capturing experiences and outcomes in middle childhood is crucial as peers become more important in children’s lives and they take a more active role in shaping the nature of their play and [...]