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    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      Paternity leave in finance: ‘The more men do it, the less of a big deal it becomes’

      City and Wall Street employers are introducing better benefits for new fathers — but there is more to do

    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      Pilita Clark
      The plight of the hidden carers in your workforce

      Millions of staff secretly juggle busy jobs with demanding caring duties that need more recognition

      Illustration of a person pushing someone in a wheelchair while speaking into a headset and saying ‘Yes, yes, we really need to push this project forward’
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      House & Home
      The secret history of the teenager’s bedroom

      Parents have always fretted about what goes on behind closed doors — but societal shifts and tech dominance mean concerns are now more fraught

    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      ReviewBooks
      The Two-Parent Privilege — we need to talk about kids with single parents

      Melissa S Kearney looks at how the startling shift affecting American families disadvantages children and exacerbates inequality

    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Soumaya Keynes
      Motherhood is full of surprises — the economic ones sting the most

      The centrality of children to the earnings gap between men and women remains mind-boggling

      Illustration of a pregnant woman with a red string around her foot, climbing stairs behind a man who is at the top of the staircase
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Alice Fishburn
      What moving house does to your brain

      Even if your new home is within the same city, mental and emotional maps need to be completely redrawn

      Illustration of a mother and two children walking through their neighbourhood
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      House & Home
      The draw of alternative international schools

      ‘Work-from-anywhere’ families are increasingly crossing the globe to provide their children with a progressive curriculum

      a person giving a presentation to a group of children
    • Friday, 4 August, 2023
      FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
      Graduation days are all about the parents, stupid

      The ceremony should be seen as a thank you for two decades of parenting

    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      Why childhood is getting longer

      Technology, demography and culture are all pushing society to extend how long people are considered young for

      A young person wearing jeans and trainers sits on an office chair, in-between two adults in suits also sitting on office chairs
    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      House & Home
      The prospect of the childless city

      As housing costs soar, the exodus of families from urban centres is a threat to social mobility and cultural vibrancy

      Children and adults play with bubbles in Bryant Park in Manhattan
    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
      InterviewFT Wealth
      Julie Charlestein: ‘Nepotism isn’t a good or a bad thing in a family business. It’s simply a fact’

      The fourth-generation CEO of Premier Dental Products offers advice on how to navigate the challenges of working with kin

      Julie Charlestein seated at a desk with family pictures in the background
    • Friday, 30 June, 2023
      Ctrip.com International Ltd
      Chinese tech group joins the battle on falling birth rate

      Trip.com to offer new parents bonuses to help solve population decline

      The travel group owns booking site Qunar
    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      FT MagazineGillian Tett
      A decade on, I still wonder if I was wrong to give my daughters a smartphone

      New research links young people’s worsening mental health to the age they received their first phone

    • Saturday, 13 May, 2023
      Cordelia Jenkins
      How ‘Bluey’ became prestige TV for preschoolers

      In a sea of mind numbing kids’ shows, a reminder that there is intelligent life beyond the living room

      A family photo from the ‘Bluey’ cartoon
    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      Office life
      ‘As a young woman from County Durham, I was underestimated’

      Sara Davies, the British entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den investor, selects her favourite articles on the world of work, parenthood and other themes that have shaped her life

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    • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
      Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
      How can I recover stolen crypto assets?

      Tracing digital assets compared with fiat currency

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      ReviewFT Books Essay
      What is a mother’s role?

      Three informative books offering first-hand perspectives of early motherhood are a reminder that raising children should be a collective responsibility

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Special ReportWomen in Business
      On a mission for the appliance of science to Japanese family life

      After stints at Google and Apple, Yoky Matsuoka is turning her tech focus on the home

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    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Special ReportWomen in Business
      How mothers shape their daughters’ careers

      Has working life changed for women? Two generations compare differences, similarities and what they learn from each other

      Portraits of Margaret Casely-Hayford and her daughter, Penelope Quarm at their home in Chelsea, London
    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      World Book Day and the curse of adult homework

      After-school work requiring heavy involvement penalises the children of parents without much time or much money

      Ewan White illustration of a woman standing against a yellow background juggling books, money, business bag and house
    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      Charles Calkin
      Introduce your children to your wealth manager

      Discussions can make managing your estate easier

      A  businessman greets a young professional
    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      It would pay for us all to be more honest about family advantage

      Hand-wringing about ‘nepo babies’ obscures some uncomfortable truths around class privilege

      Illustration of a man and a woman sat on the same end of a see-saw, with wads of green notes on the other end
    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Jo Ellison
      Smartphones? They’re so very 2022

      Gen Z’s teens are learning to self-moderate their screen time

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      Data PointsFederica Cocco
      The UK’s adoption system is in peril

      Services for the most vulnerable in society are being undone by funding cuts and collapsing social care infrastructure

      FT montage of a family with a falling bar chart in the background
    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      ReviewFT Books Essay
      Non-fiction for kids: big books for little people

      . . . but getting the messaging correct is not always child’s play

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