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In the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, an ideal vision of family life would have shown that parents are continuing to share in caregiving responsibilities and spending quality time with their children — dads, in particular. Many people hoped that the behavioral changes caused by lockdowns would persist, allowing dads more time and flexibility in the long term and ultimately reshaping how w…

In the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, much has been said about how the lockdowns created conditions for dual-parent families to spend more time at home with their children.

BackgroundHaving more children may be detrimental to maternal mental health during China’s ongoing fertility policy transition. However, under what circumstances and how number of children could be associated with maternal mental health remains understudied in China. This study examined the association between number of children and maternal anxiety and depressive symptoms among mothers of middle…

A new longitudinal study reveals that mothers and fathers perceive relationship conflict differently as their children grow. While fathers report a decrease in arguments, mothers report an increase, which correlates with lower socioemotional skills in children.

Sneak peek: Is it possible to avoid all conflict with our children? Is that even the ideal? Discover how the process of rupture and repair works in parent-child relationships. If you’re on social media much, you’ve probably seen many different versions of parenting advice. One that I’ve noticed lately is the idea of gentle parenting. … The post What does research tell us about parent-child confli…

Paul E. Peterson speaks with Wolfgang Frimmel, Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at Johannes Kepler University Linz The post The Education Exchange: New Study Highlights Other Ways Divorce is Bad for Children appeared first on Education Next .

In March 2020, when COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, parents were left without their customary allies, almost overnight. To differing degrees (because we all know that the virus and its ramifications did not impact all communities equally ), it didn’t take long before parents were feeling the repercussions of that loss. In the wake of the pandemic shutdown, school hours were shortened or …