Mom's Hierarchy of Needs Free Articles Author: Leslie Forde Purpose: To facilitate critical thinking and class discussion about how family and non-family concerns are managed in the workplace Steps: Preparation (Before Class): Visit Mom’s Hierarchy of Needs and read at least one article related to working parents, self-care, or workplace flexibility. Reflect on how the [Read More...]
Activity Description: Author: Sophie Mathieu Activity Link: https://rcwproject.ca/resource/childcare-in-quebec-video-learning/ Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to explore and critically analyze Québec’s childcare model as a case study in Canadian family policy. By engaging with Dr. Sophie Mathieu’s video and the accompanying academic sources, students will examine how Québec’s affordable childcare program supports families, promotes gender [Read More...]
When you think about having babies, what images come to mind? If you’re like most people, you’ll think about mothers. That’s certainly the tenor of the pronatalist discussions in the U.S. today. Fatherhood scholar Richard Petts asks us to think differently—to think about fathers, not just mothers. He asks us to work toward a future where all [Read More...]
In this Big Ideas Talk, Andrea Doucet tells a story with unparalleled power—a stirring and thought-provoking story that almost literally leaps off the screen. Doucet is a care scholar. “For 30 years,” she says, “I’ve consulted with governments and international organizations – and I’ve told stories about how women and men care for children and [Read More...]
“Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the most intimate fabrics of our human existence,” Yang Hu says in this talk. “Parents ask Alexa to read their children a bedtime story. Humanoids are cleaning some houses, and emotional chatbots converse with lonely family members.” For some, AI’s involvement in care paints a utopian future, while others fear [Read More...]
There was a lot of talk during the presidential campaign about being a country that provides good beginnings for babies. Good beginnings don’t begin at birth, Alejandra Ros Pilarz says, but prenatally - “the most rapid period of brain development with life-long consequences for children's future health and development.” Work-family demands are high during this [Read More...]
We all experience feeling pulled by the demands and responsibilities at work and at home — work-family conflict — and those demands can feel overwhelming and unsolvable. Kim French of Colorado State University brings new insights and helpful solutions to this age-old dilemma. She says, "What I've learned in doing work-family conflict research and in [Read More...]
"As leaders,” Subha Barry. President of Seramount says, "we constantly face decisions that affect inclusion and exclusion in our workplaces and societies…..Imagine if, instead of viewing those affected by our decisions as nameless, faceless entities, we saw them as our family, friends, and loved ones.” Her own life was deeply affected by just such a [Read More...]
Objective: To explore changes in family‐based nature activities (FBNA)across five developmental stages and investigate whether frequency and typeof FBNA across the early life course is associated with greater familyrelationship quality in emerging adulthood. Method: Retrospective survey datawas collected from 451 undergraduate students who primarily identified asAsian American (44.9%) and Latinx (42.7%). Results: Multilevel models showedthat [Read More...]
Objective: The aim of the study was to examine perspectives on helpingraise grandchildren among Turkish grandmothers who care for working parents'children. Background: Grandparents helping raise their grandchildren hasbecome increasingly common as a means to support women's employment. InTurkey, the Büyükanne Projesi (Grandma Project) was carried out in 2017 withthe support of the government. This project [Read More...]