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The quality of the relationship with parents changed, often in a negative way. Different interpretations of and approaches to the rules led to frustration and quarrelling in families. [Inge [...]

Gender and socioeconomic inequalities in parents’ psychological wellbeing increased among the study participants during the pandemic. [Jianghong Li, Mareike Bünning, Till Kaiser and Lena Hipp [...]

Many of today’s political conflicts in the United States can be understood as attempts to reconcile earlier understandings of the nation’s identity with what it has become. [Justin Gest – [...]

Reconstituted households tend to be poorer, which is associated with worse behavioral and developmental outcomes. [Alba Lanau – Journal of Family Issues, 24 November 2021.] READ MORE

 These are adults who have a parent age 65 or older and are either raising at least one child younger than 18 or providing financial support to an adult child. [Juliana Menasce Horowitz [...]

The fantasy that we can “print our way out of any problem” is strong because it’s so convenient and apparently so successful – at first. [Rick Ackerman – FXStreet, 4 April 2022.] READ MORE

The main impact of the policy has been to reduce incomes among larger families who are already living on a low income, and hence to increase child poverty. [Mary Reader, Jonathan Portes and Ruth [...]

This report offers unique insight into the extent of the learning crisis by providing an in-depth picture of which children are most at risk of not acquiring foundational learning skills.  [...]