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Evidence of the preference for having a girl, reflected in an increased probability of not having a second child if the first child is female. They also find that women who have two children of [...]

Self-reported poor family cohesion the first year after the loss of a parent to cancer is strongly associated with long-term negative psychological health-related outcomes among bereaved [...]

What help do parents actually give their children in the labor market? One key advantage is human capital, in the broadest sense. However, parents, when they can, also employ a wide array of [...]

Parenting as a key non-formal education tool for better population outcomes.

It is well established that parenting influences child behavior at home, but less is known about the associations between parenting and teacher reports of child behavior at school, an environment [...]

Many industrialized societies have experienced increases in life expectancy and in the mean age at first birth. This has likely impacted the lifetime that parents share with their children; i.e., [...]

These findings suggest large and persistent variation in kin support for single mothers and thus question the assumption of its marginal role in Europe. [Bram Hogendoorn and Juho Härkönen – [...]

Trying to integrate all aspects of your life (family, work, relationships, social life, free time, mental health, sports, etc…) can be difficult. After extensive research, IFFD has found [...]

Madeleine Wallin and Caroline Hoglund from Haro and FEFAF, together with Perrine Bruvier from IFFD presented the Civil Society Declaration on the 30th Anniversary of the International Year of the [...]