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Youth perspectives in family legislation strategies.

Beijing and Shanghai have extended maternity leave for eligible females by an additional 30 days and introduced the right to “parental leave,” or extra days off per year, for eligible parents of [...]

This American poll shows that parents —and especially mothers— are struggling to piece together care amidst a crisis marked by affordability and accessibility issues, and by low pay for childcare [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

With screen time at a high during the Covid-19 pandemic, educators offer some advice. [John Palfrey and Urs Gasser, Smithsonian Magazine, Feb 16, 2021]   READ MORE

As our economy continues to rebound, it is more important than ever that the basic needs of all caregivers are met. [Pulcherie Bekono, Morgan Welch, and Hannah Van Drie – Brookings, 13 [...]

“As the official COVID-19 death toll around the world passed 4 million earlier this month, UNICEF is increasingly concerned for children left without one or both parents”. [Henrietta Fore [...]

The pandemic “baby bust” could push 2021’s tally down even further; researchers have estimated that the coronavirus and its economic impact could lead to about 300,000 fewer births in the United [...]