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The family presents a problem for contemporary policymakers. We call our culture individualistic, but really it would be better to say it is quantitative, unit-based. [Micah Meadowcroft – [...]

A successful adoption placement can help vulnerable children overcome the early adversity they faced. [Ben Fergusson – BBC, 7th December 2022.] READ MORE

Looking forward to the next 20 years, the number of people aged 85 years and over is projected to rise from 89,000 to a massive 222,000. This age-group already accounts for half of people in [...]

Today wealth and marriage are positively correlated, not because wealthy individuals are the only ones who can afford to get married, but because wealth increases the value of marriage. [Clara [...]

To ensure financial security for all, China should subsidize medical care and education for the poorest people, adopting a life-course approach to the social determinants of health, and narrow [...]

This year’s Prenatal-to-3 State Policy Roadmap tracks which American states have implemented policies considered helpful for those formative years — a period deemed the “fastest, most vulnerable [...]

Companies have serious blind spots about their caregiver population and regularly make assumptions that can undermine their stated values and goals. [Katherine Goldstein – Harvard Business [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic may have been the exogenous shock that Japan needed to make people and organizations realize the downsides of an inflexible work culture. [Hiroshi Ono – East Asia [...]

They also reaffirmed the commitment to guarantee at least one year of free pre-primary education, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 4. [Unesco, 18 November 2022.] READ MORE  

As China, India is struggling with the legacy of harsh population policies, and stricter population controls could have disastrous consequences for women and minority communities. [Aprajita [...]