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Since 2000, the share of children in the U.S. living with at least one grandparent has increased by more than 36%, from 9.3% to 12.7%. [Elizabeth Link, Tara Watson, and Simran Kalkat – [...]

Why validating children’s emotions without respecting their autonomy causes harm. [Anita Schmalor – Psychology Today, 15 December 2023.] READ MORE

This new independent research aims to better understand the most effective way to provide parents who experience low income across Scotland with the support and information they need to support [...]

To this generation, being a mom looks thankless, exhausting, and lonely. Can we change the story? [Rachel M. Cohen – Vox, 4 December 2023.] READ MORE

The answer to this question is both simple and complex – and the fulfilment you feel in your life, whether you decide to have kids or not, depends on many complex factors. [Trudy Meehan and [...]

Work/life integration has flexibility at its heart because it recognizes no formula for how employees balance life and work. [Scott Cawood – Forbes, 27 November 2023.] READ MORE

By shedding light on these mechanisms, this study improves our comprehension of how harsh parenting influences adolescent depression and offers valuable insights for designing interventions to [...]

The report examines the tangible benefits and employee outcomes that businesses experience when implementing the Best Place for Working Parents’ Top 10 research-backed, family-friendly [...]

The elementary school years are important for children to develop independence, first under parental direction and then away from direct adult supervision. [University of Michigan Health, 16 [...]

Young children who are close to their parents are more likely to grow up kind, helpful and ‘prosocial’. [Ioannis Katsantonis and Ros McLellan – International Journal of Behavioral [...]