When both parents appeared equally available, schools were 40% more likely to call students’ moms, rather than their dads.
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The autumn statement failed to deliver for the early years sector, which will struggle to deliver an expansion in childcare promised in the 2023 spring budget.
School holidays can trigger feelings of dread in working parents. But so-called COPE strategies can help individuals and organisations make the process easier on everyone.
Canadian fathers increased their share of work at home — in housework and in child care — in the early days of the pandemic as work and routines put pressures on the family.
Stay-at-home parents have a hard time reentering the workforce after spending time away.
While many families are busy planning how to spend their time together this Christmas holiday season, others are planning how to manage their time apart.
Here’s some advice for concerned working parents with kids at home during school holidays, based on our research on home security, burglaries and young offenders.
We know summer school holidays can be challenging, stressful and expensive for working parents but we still know very little about how families juggle conflicting demands.
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