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When parents cast a child into the role of mediator, friend and carer, the wounds are profound. But recovery is possible. [Nivida Chandra – Aeon, 2 March 2022.] READ MORE

Economic research on the safety net has evolved significantly over time, moving away from a near exclusive focus on the negative incentive effects of means-tested assistance on employment, [...]

The pandemic has brought millions of children more face-to-face with challenges ranging from lost health insurance and bare pantries to the threat of homelessness due to eviction or foreclosure. [...]

Parents who engaged in higher levels of emotion coaching of children’s negative emotions and who maintained more stable home routines were more effectively able to buffer the effects of stress on [...]

Children and young people need us to support them as the agents of change in their own lives. [Henrietta H. Fore – World Economic Forum, 11 January 2022.] READ MORE

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic increase in depression/anxiety problems and social risks among urban, racial and ethnic minority school-age children compared to before the pandemic. [...]

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. [...]

This Key Findings report focuses on children’s relationships with parents and friends; challenges and stressful life events they have experienced; their socio-emotional well-being, the activities [...]

Using a national survey that followed Canadian workers, the authors find that work-life conflict decreased among those with no children at home. In contrast, for those with children at home, the [...]