Getting Your Kid Ready for School Is Basically an Extra Work Day
(by fatherly.com) From packing lunches to making sure everyone has on coats and shoes, getting your kids ready for school in the … Read more
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This calculator puts a dollar value on the invisible, unpaid work done by women
(Published by Quartz at Work) Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 after turning a grassroots women’s movement into the … Read more
Booms, busts and babies: how house prices affect the birth rate
By Matt Wade, The Sydney Morning Herald. The ups and downs of house prices are always in the headlines. But the profound … Read more
‘Empty Planet’: A new book contends that the unusually large family of the future will have 3 children. What happens then?
(by Deseret News) For decades, the United Nations has been warning of a population explosion that will threaten the world’s resources and … Read more
The Baby-Less Recovery
(from npr.org) Over the last decade, the U.S. fertility rate has dipped to its lowest point in history. Economists expected a short decline … Read more
UK: Why having FIVE children is suddenly the ultimate middle-class status symbol
The size of the average household has dropped due to rising childcare costs The result is the typical model of 2.4 children … Read more
A Family-Friendly Work Environment Is a Powerful Recruiting and Retention Tool
Parents who have the flexibility they need are loyal employees. By David Teten (Published on entrepreneur.com – Image credit: Westend61 | Getty Images) My wife … Read more
Lower voting age to six to tackle bias against young, says academic: Ageing population is creating a democratic crisis
(By Matthew Weaver, The Guardian) The head of politics at Cambridge University has called for children as young as six to be given … Read more
Mum, Dad & Kids ended its’ collection of signatures
As planned the European Citizens’ Initiative Mum, Dad & Kids ended its’ collection of signatures at midnight on Monday 3 April, precisely … Read more
