When it comes to children’s well-being and development, it’s not whether a woman works or not that matters but how she makes her choices work for her family.
British Columbia Premier John Horgan gives a thumbs up after being sworn in earlier this month. Horgan’s coalition government has pledged to make education a priority.
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The new British Columbia government wants the province to shed its status as a laggard on education funding and poverty reduction. If it succeeds, B.C. will be a safer place to live.
Families benefit when fathers and mothers get paid parental leave.
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The nation needs a more comprehensive approach to family leave and relief for parents with child care expenses. But the proposals the Trump team rolled out initially fell short.
Malcolm Turnbull and Simon Birmingham with preschool children at a childcare centre.
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Changes to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act unveiled this week look set for defeat in the Senate. But the issue will continue to breathe life.
There are better ways to boost vaccination rates than excluding kids from child care.
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A push for all unvaccinated kids to be excluded from day care is coercive, punishes families and has no evidence to back it. Here’s what we can do instead to boost vaccination rates.
The government claims budget savings will more than offset its additional spending on child care.
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By far the most significant projected savings in the government’s omnibus bill is the phasing out of end-of-year supplements for family tax benefit recipients.
Simon Birmingham said the Turnbull government has ‘already had great success in terms of reducing the rate of price growth’.
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The education minister says that under Labor there were child care price spikes of up to 14% over a 12 month period, but under the Coalition those have fallen to “around 6% on average”. Is that right?
Young and old share happy moments at a Welsh care facility.
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Poor childhood conditions, such as exposure to poverty and stunting, are associated with long-term disadvantages to health, education, social adjustment and earnings.
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Reducing stubbornly high levels of violence can be achieved if there is a focus on ensuring that children are not exposed to violence or toxic stress at home.
Many research universities have adopted ‘family-friendly’ tenure rules to help women balance family and career. However, men, not women, seem to benefit from having the extra time.
Trump speaks to the Detroit Economic Club at the Cobo Center in Detroit.
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Trump revisited familiar themes during his economic address in Detroit and offered a few new ones. Two of our economic experts express their takeaways.
After days of waiting, Malcolm Turnbull will form a government.
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By continuing to see policies that affect women in economic rather than social terms, both major parties are offering little in the way of improved gender equity.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development at Ontario Institute for the Study of Education (OISE) and Senior Policy Fellow at the Atkinson Centre, University of Toronto