Time use: Total work burden, unpaid work, and leisure
EXCERPTS Caregiving
Both mothers and fathers spend more time on child care than thirty years ago, but women have increased their time with children to a greater extent than men.
Does fathers’ involvement in childcare and housework affect couples' relationship stability?
AbstractObjective. Building on previous analysis conducted by Schober (2012), we explore how paternal involvement in different childcare and housework tasks affects the probability of relationship breakdown between...
Hands-on fathers ‘less likely to break up with partners’
Study finds childcare and stable relationships are linked and says government should encourage more men to take paternity leave
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Fathers who spend more time caring for their babies...
Like me, Jacinda Ardern took her baby to work – and was met with ignorance
The New Zealand prime minister is doing her best to juggle work and motherhood. But some people just don’t understand
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The images of New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, with...
Asylum seekers file human rights complaint over lack of access to Quebec subsidized daycare
Without access to advance tax credits or CPEs, claimants say they'll have to stay home to care for children
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Two asylum seekers have filed a complaint with the Quebec Human Rights...
Japan’s mothers go back to work, but find the opportunities lacking
EXCERPTS TOKYO — When Hiromi Otsuzuki joined the Japanese software company Isana.net as human resources manager four years ago, she was the only part-time employee.
Working just 15 hours a week so that she could care...
Latest hurdle in grueling US daycare hunt: waitlist fees
EXCERPTS SEATTLE (AP) — Even before Tricia Schalekamp knew the baby growing inside her was a boy, she embarked on the search for child care with urgency and intensity.
She visited two dozen centers in the Seattle area,...
D.C.'s universal pre-k program is keeping more women in the workforce
Low-income parents, in particular, are much more likely to be working or looking for work due to the free program, a new study finds.
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Free, universal preschool in Washington, D.C.,...
Ford puts corporate profits before affordable child care for Northern and rural families
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During question period on Wednesday, NDP Childcare critic Doly Begum said Doug Ford is putting profits for corporate child care providers ahead of Northern and rural families that need affordable care today.
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How universal free preschool in DC helped bring moms back to work
A new study finds universal preschool is good for parents, kids, and, potentially, the economy.
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Not too long ago, day care centers were smeared as dens of satanic rituals and Soviet-...
