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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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This open access book examines how childhood social disadvantage influences young-adult demographic decision-making and later-life economic and well-being outcomes. [Aart C. Liefbroer and Mioara [...]

Capturing experiences and outcomes in middle childhood is crucial as peers become more important in children’s lives and they take a more active role in shaping the nature of their play and [...]

COFACE believes the Child Guarantee offers an opportunity to strengthen the fight against child and family poverty and social exclusion in Europe. [COFACE, 11 June 2021.]   READ MORE

For the first time in two decades, the number of children being put to work has risen – to 160 million worldwide, representing an increase of 8.4 million over four years – while millions of [...]

What the ‘New Normal’ will be like in 2025 for families.