Tag: Parents
What’s behind the teacher strikes: Unions focus on social justice, not...
Rebecca Tarlau, Pennsylvania State University
For the past few years I’ve been studying teacher unions and teachers strikes throughout the Americas. My research has taken...
How childbearing varies across US women in 3 charts
Caroline Sten Hartnett, University of South Carolina
Falling U.S. fertility rates have been making headlines.
These reports tend to focus on a single measure: the average...
No wonder dads aren’t taking shared parental leave – most employers...
Ernestine Gheyoh Ndzi, University of Hertfordshire
Parental leave for new mums as well as new dads was always going to be a potentially tricky sell....
A parent’s guide to ending sexual harassment and assault
Merle H. Weiner, University of Oregon
The resignation of three members of Congress – John Conyers, Al Franken and Trent Franks – should serve as...
Postpartum depression can affect dads – and their hormones may be...
Darby Saxbe, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Postpartum depression has become more visible as celebrity moms including Brooke...
How parents can help their freshman teens cope with stress
Chris Palmer, American University School of Communication
Entering high school can be an exciting experience, but for some teenagers it can also be scary, intimidating...
What stories should you be telling kids this holiday season?
Marshall Duke, Emory University
In every culture that anthropologists have ever studied, people tell stories.
Families most frequently tell stories around the time of vacations, family...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
