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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 [...]

Toxic stress can have lifelong negative effects. A new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) examines how healthy relationships may serve as a buffer. [Rachael Zimlich, [...]

The collapse of the old working week creates winners and losers. One of the big gaps in the post-pandemic world is between those who can work around life and those who need to fit their lives [...]

New child tax credit featuring advance monthly payments has relieved financial instability and lowered food insecurity for many families with children. [Carmen Reinicke – CNBC, 9 September [...]

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.]   [...]

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 [...]