Category: News
In 2015, I found myself advising Poland’s president on the nation’s demographic woes. Our fertility rate had stalled at 1.3 children per woman, among the lowest in Europe. I thought I understood the problem. I believed the culprits were predictable: precarious jobs, not enough childcare, and apartment prices …
Despite NHS warnings against using GLP-1 drugs while breastfeeding due to risks for both mother and baby, the intense pressure to “snap back” and the easy availability of the medication are driving new mothers to make a difficult choice.
A new paper shows peanut allergy diagnoses have dropped over 40% since 2017, all thanks to a “sea change” in medical advice. Experts explain what happened and what parents should know.
Research highlights systemic pressures as government prepares urgent white paper on provision and funding reform. Research indicates that a number of schools in England are actively diverting children with special needs, creating a significant imbalance where some institutions support six times as many pupils with learning or behavioral …
The era of classrooms filled with identical names is fading. A significant cultural shift has seen parents increasingly opt for unique, and sometimes shocking, names for their children—from Peach and Riot to Aquaman and X Æ A-12.
There is a fleeting moment in a boy’s life that is almost painful to observe in its profound vulnerability. Manhood is on the horizon, and these boys stand at the threshold, straddling the line between the comfort of the old and the uncertainty of the new.
Social media posts reveal a growing trend of women seeking fellow mothers to share housing and the responsibilities of child-rearing. Amid rising divorce rates and a sharp bite from the cost of living, single mothers in China are seeking an unconventional kind of partner: one another.
The latest John Lewis Christmas advertisement serves as a clear indicator of one of the UK’s most urgent national conversations: the crisis facing boys and young men. Widespread anxieties—from the ascent of the “manosphere” to escalating mental health crises and profound loneliness—have become major public topics. These concerns …
Diana Shams’s book, written on a phone amid the ruins, details a reality where survival, not screen time, is the primary concern.
For many, the dream of parenthood seems unattainable, and online sperm donor groups offer a solution. However, this unregulated world is fraught with serious dangers for both recipients and the donors themselves.
