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The past year and a half has been exhausting and stressful for parents, but it also gave many fathers more of the family time they want. [Joe Pinsker – The Atlantic, 27 August 2021.]   [...]

Children born during the pandemic have significantly reduced verbal, motor, and overall cognitive performance compared to children born pre-pandemic. [Sean CL Deoni, Jennifer Beauchemin, [...]

Family responsibilities constrain women’s publication productivity according to the national context. [Di Di, Robert A. Thomson Jr. and Elaine Howard Ecklund – Socius, August 2021.]   [...]

The term comes from British childcare expert Sarah Ockwell-Smith, author of the “The Gentle Parenting Book,” who defines the discipline as“be[ing] responsive to children’s needs” and [...]

With screen time at a high during the Covid-19 pandemic, educators offer some advice. [John Palfrey and Urs Gasser, Smithsonian Magazine, Feb 16, 2021]   READ MORE

Research led by Stanford education professor Jelena Obradović finds that too much parental involvement when children are focused on an activity can undermine behavioral development. [Krysten [...]

As our economy continues to rebound, it is more important than ever that the basic needs of all caregivers are met. [Pulcherie Bekono, Morgan Welch, and Hannah Van Drie – Brookings, 13 [...]

Evidence on the mass social experiment in working from home driven by the pandemic: better-than-expected experiences, new investments in physical and human capital, greatly diminished stigma [...]