Daddy's home: fathers and the paternity leave dilemma
Generous paid paternity leave has arrived in Ireland but, while interest is rising, it won't revolutionise family life any time soon
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This year, we saw three multinational firms...
Qualities for early childhood care and education in an age of increasing superdiversity and decreasing biodiversity
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The toll of parenting on the American woman’s workweek
Though they pick up more hours than ever, mothers’ proportion in the workforce has stalled, finds a new report from the Institute for Women's Policy Research.
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More women than ever...
Work-life balance: New leave rules for family care
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Gender inequality, work hours, and the future of work
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Gender differences in paid and unpaid time at work are an important aspect of gender inequality. Women tend to spend more time on unpaid household and family care work, and men spend...
Leaving my baby at day care after maternity leave felt like a gut-punch, but I am ‘lucky’
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My baby girl was less than 12 pounds when I left her. She couldn’t sit up. She could only lift her head. And my breastmilk was keeping her alive.
It took a year to conceive her and nine months to grow her...
Province and UBC fund major daycare expansion
More families will have access to high-quality child care services at UBCO
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The University Children’s Learning Centre at UBC’s Okanagan campus will soon add space for 20 more children...
Is the ‘quality’ of preschool childcare, measured by the qualifications and pay of the childcare workforce, improving in Britain?
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Child care sector feels the squeeze in Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
There are five children for every licensed child care space in the ACRD
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The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) does not have enough child care spaces.
This was confirmed by...
Governor Cuomo announces federal funding to expand child care assistance program
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A total of $20 million in federal funding is going toward the expansion of the Child Care Assistance program in New York State. Governo Andrew Cuomo made the announcement on Tuesday.
The funding will be...
