Significant maternal health changes in response to a small change in actual days of parental leave taken by fathers suggest days at home are used…
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2019
Articles relating to parents’ work by some of the world’s top child and family researchers.
Research is looking at what impact work has on mothering and fathering. What work patterns most help parents to balance their responsibilities? What gendered attitudes to parents have to work and caring roles?
New data on test scores of five-year olds suggest supporting parents to balance work and care, and providing subsidised preschool daycare, could help to limit…
Child & Family Blog EditorMarch 2019
Governments struggle to support positive, engaged fatherhood. Macroeconomics and political science might help explain what’s delaying policy reform.
Jack O'SullivanDecember 2018
Play with fathers could help bridge cognitive, social and emotional learning gaps among low-income children.
Natasha J. CabreraOctober 2018
Paternity leave is a good start, but well-designed parental leave underpins the sharing of care that boosts early child development.
Philip HwangJuly 2018
Dads can help children's social skills through secure attachment, sensitive play and opportunities in the world.
Ross D. ParkeJuly 2018
Weekdays are OK, but children resent their fathers working nights, weekends and in stressful, inflexible jobs.
Lyndall StrazdinsJuly 2017
If the mother works 41+ hours/week, fathers are 7x more likely to share care than are fathers in families in which the mother does not…
Child & Family Blog EditorApril 2017
