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The unprecedented circumstances brought by the pandemic have created a strong focus on flexible working and wellbeing in workplaces across the UK and sparked local and national debates on the [...]

New child tax credit featuring advance monthly payments has relieved financial instability and lowered food insecurity for many families with children. [Carmen Reinicke – CNBC, 9 September [...]

The past year and a half has been exhausting and stressful for parents, but it also gave many fathers more of the family time they want. [Joe Pinsker – The Atlantic, 27 August 2021.]   [...]

Family responsibilities constrain women’s publication productivity according to the national context. [Di Di, Robert A. Thomson Jr. and Elaine Howard Ecklund – Socius, August 2021.]   [...]

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 [...]

In an era where women are projected to make up 60% of the workforce in the next five years, employers can leverage existing technology to provide fully managed child care benefits, giving their [...]

The coronavirus pandemic and the significant financial insecurity facing many women and their families are not. Both, who were already treading water before the pandemic, are bearing the brunt of [...]

While women were more likely to lose these same jobs early in the COVID pandemic, these statistics demonstrate how the gender pay gap worsens with increases in part-time and casual jobs. The [...]