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Browsing Childcare

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Culture & Media

Gen Z Parents

Meet the Gen Z parents (born between 1997 and 2012) of Gen Alpha and Gen Beta, who are busy raising the next generation.

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Marketing & Branding

Introducing Gen Beta

2025 marks the start of Generation Beta – but it’s the parenting styles, values and cultural outlooks of Millennials and Gen Z that will define this new cohort.

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Health, Wellness & Sport

Stat: South Korea sets ambitious targets for paternity leave and childcare

The South Korean government has unveiled plans to significantly boost paternity leave uptake and enhance childcare support as part of its strategy to combat the nation’s declining fertility rate.

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Retail

California bans gendered retail displays

It will be the first American state to require large retailers to display childcare items in gender-neutral displays from 1 January 2024.

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Fragmenting Societies

Stat: Falling fertility rates at critical point in Britain

Britain is facing falling fertility rates at a level that could lead to long-term economic stagnation.

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Technology

A new-born baby incubator for Sub-Saharan climates

Swiss designer and architect Fabien Roy has responded to the unique challenge of creating safe incubators for new-borns for extreme climate conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Fragmenting Societies

Stat: UK fathers take on more childcare during lockdown

New research suggests that fathers are taking on more childcare and housework during lockdown, although most of it is still being done by mothers.

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Climate Adaptation and Resource Scarcity

Childless couples share more household chores

Heterosexual couples without children are more likely to divide household labour fairly between them than couples with children.

Big and Tiny by Zooco Estudio, Santa Monica
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Design

Big and Tiny combines co-working and childcare

The Santa Monica-based co-working facility is among the first in the US to offer on-site childcare to its members.