The unintended consequences of boosting parental leave
Changing EI parental leave provisions may change the season of births in Canada and the distribution of health, education, and development outcomes
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children
What a child benefit policy can and should do (beyond buying votes)
Let’s not forget that a well-designed child benefits policy can improve well-being, employment, and kids’ lives
Princess Charlotte’s friends in high places
The continent is in the midst of a royal baby boom
In defence of childlessness
Meghan Daum’s book explores the reasons for not having children—most decent, all human.
Why child benefits matter—and why they need reform
Today’s child benefits system is too cumbersome for anyone to understand
Children turn to therapy to talk ‘peer issues’
Now, tell me about your bestie
Experimenting with babies
Equipment needed: baby, aged zero to two
Academic women should stop blaming their kids
Prof. Pettigrew: Children are a choice after all.
Mensa babies
Younger and younger children are getting IQ tests. Kate Lunau follows one family’s journey into the land of the supersmart