My 9-year-old son looked absurd sitting at the dining room table in his school uniform after a summer spent in pajamas. He tugged at his shirt collar while I hovered a foot away, my hair unwashed and undyed. A single mom who had the privilege of working from home — at...
Building on the significant support given to the most vulnerable during the pandemic, a new £170m Covid Winter Grant Scheme will be run by councils in England. The funding will be ring-fenced, with at least 80% earmarked to support with food and bills, and will cover...
Then Covid hit, and everyone’s lives were turned upside down. Determined to keep some level of posse going, I reached out to see if these same parents wanted to create a virtual “pod” every morning for the girls to do a math worksheet, spelling, or even just color for...
Parents who cannot find care for their children in view of the extended autumn holidays can appeal for temporary unemployment due to ‘force majeure’ (an event out of one’s control), Belgium’s National Employment Office (ONEM) confirmed on Tuesday.
If you take away a woman’s childcare, then you take away her life. A survey of 2,000 childcare providers conducted by the Early Years Alliance (EYA) reports that a quarter of childminders and nurseries in deprived areas of England won’t be able to stay open beyond...
A new book, The Problem With Parenting: How Raising Children is Changing Across America , by American writer and spiked contributor Nancy McDermott, synthesises popular culture, academic research and commentary to offer a bold defence of the family.