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Today, the world is home to the largest generation of young people in history. Sadly, millions of children in the world, including 18 million in the EU, still live in poverty or social exclusion. [...]

With the rise of smart technology and throw in a pandemic, we have increasingly seen work encroach on home territory and this has drastically changed the way we work, rest and play. Whilst the [...]

The United States is the only wealthy country in the world without a national program for paid parental leave. [Joe Pinsker – The Atlantic, 9 November 2021.] READ MORE

Work-life balance is supposed to mean both grow, rather than sacrificing one for the other. It can seem unattainable, especially if you’re adding it to an already robust to-do list, but it can be [...]

By 2030, up to 60 percent of the world’s urban population will be under 18 years old. Yet, children and families are often invisible to urban planners, developers, and architects when creating [...]

Before Covid-19, we struggled to squeeze a bit of our lives into the consuming vortex of work. We charmingly called this “work-life balance” while knowing such “balance” was a lie. Then Covid-19 [...]

Shared Parental Leave policies always seem more controversial when they fail to get effective take-up from fathers. But Nordic countries such as Sweden and Norway have successfully implemented [...]

One in five parents and caregivers are quitting or plan to quit their jobs to better care for their children’s behavioral needs. [Naomi Allen – Benefits Pro, 7 October 2021.] READ MORE

One in five full-time workers cares for a family member with a serious illness or disability. Nearly 20 percent of them had to quit a job to care for a relative and 40 percent had to go to [...]

The scientific evidence shows why investments in social infrastructure policies are an investment in the future—not just in the long run with respect to child outcomes, but in the short run with [...]