Millions of Italians went back to the office this week. But with schools and day care closed and grandparents at risk, many feel the coronavirus has upended their futures as working parents.
Tag: Parenting
An Adoption, a Pandemic and an Evacuation
The Mosiers flew to India in March to pick up their daughter. The country locked down before they could leave.
In Sydney, the Magic Hour Means Noise. It’s Heavenly to Hear.
Five weeks into Australia’s coronavirus lockdown, the sound that bursts forth each afternoon of kids shouting, dogs barking and couples arguing is welcome relief from the quiet of isolation.
Transgender Man in U.K. Loses Appeal to Be Listed as Father
Freddy McConnell, who gave birth after transitioning, unsuccessfully appealed a court decision that he could be registered only as his son’s mother. He now wants to take his case to Britain’s Supreme Court.
Remote Learning is Nothing New to Outback Families
Very few people know so much about educating children remotely — but my Aunt Pat is an exception. She raised eight kids on a cattle station in Australia’s remote Northern Territory.
Are Adults Living With Parents Making the Pandemic More Deadly?
Social scientists are debating a contentious theory that may help explain why the coronavirus appears to be more deadly in Italy and Spain.
Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy Deemed ‘Essential Workers’ in New Zealand
Jacinda Ardern, the country’s prime minister, made the announcement on Monday.
Stuck Inside? Here’s an Australian Kids’ Show Every Parent Can Love
“Bluey” is the country’s biggest children’s TV export since “The Wiggles,” speaking with rare frankness to young and old.
Quarreling in Quarantine and Bridging a Generational Divide
A lockdown brings together a Chinese student wary of the government and his parents, devoted to it.
Nearly a Million Children Left Behind in Venezuela as Parents Migrate
Seven years into an economic crisis, mothers and fathers have been forced to go abroad in search of work, leaving hundreds of thousands of children in the hands of relatives, friends — and sometimes, one another.