Research Digest

The utilization of Parental Leave Pay (PLP) and Dad and Partner Pay (DAPP) among Australian parents reveals significant take-up of PLP by eligible mothers, underscoring its role in supporting new [...]

How couples share looking after children, planning and coordinating children’s activities, and helping children with remote learning. Data were collected in the AIFS Families in Australia [...]

Sociodemographic predictors of parenting stress among mothers in Kenya and Zambia. Study utilised baseline secondary data from parenting intervention programs implemented in Kisumu County (rural [...]

Applying the emic/etic distinction to the family context enriches the sociology of childhood studies and enables a more nuanced understanding of diverging experiences within families and should [...]

Factors contributing to children’s conflicts with their parents, the causes of parental punishment, and the underlying reasons for such punishment during the three-week lockdown enforced in Ghana [...]

The impact of parent-child technoference on child problematic smartphone use and its underlying mechanism and potential gender difference among children. [Shao T, Zhu C, Lei H, Jiang Y, Wang H, [...]

Innovative analysis on the effects of the Incredible Years parenting program on children’s levels of conflict with their parents, siblings, and peers. [Sellars, E., Bowes, L., Oliver, B. R., [...]

A portrait of family and household characteristics across types of living arrangements, and how family structures have shifted over time. [Paul F. Hemez, Chanell N. Washington, and Rose M. [...]

UNICEF is scaling up successful initiatives, including to support and build the capacities of parents, community health workers, teachers, social workers and local governments. [UNICEF – [...]

Comparison of 180 U.S. cities based on 45 key metrics that consider essential family dynamics, such as the cost of housing, the quality of local school and health-care systems, and the [...]