Newsletter # 235 EMPOWERING FAMILIES WORLDWIDE
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News from the last seven days
14 October 2019

European Regions and Inclusive Cities
 
European Regions and Inclusive Cities
 
A workshop on ‘Cohesion policy for a more social Europe: Regions and Cities inclusive for all’ has been co-organized by 16 Regions with the participation of IFFD in the EU Committe of the Regions (Brussels).
 
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Articles
 
Stop treating parenting as a mom’s burden and a dad’s hobby

Equality
First partner of California is married to one of America’s most progressive governors, but even she struggles to maintain a truly equal partnership.
[Jennifer Siebel Newsom]
Should you be allowed to take your child into work?

Work-family balance
Parents are still responsible for their child’s welfare, but employers take on some legal responsibilities if they allow staff to take children into their premises.
[Eimear Flanagan - BBC News, 12 October 2019.]
Uninvolved parenting can alienate your child

Parents
Uninvolved parenting does not deal with the child’s needs or desires beyond the basics like food, clothing and shelter.
[Paras Hemrajani - The Health Site, 17 October 2019.]
Parenting a struggling teenager shouldn’t be devastatingly lonely

Teenagers
Parenting teens is this strange intersection of multiple layers of abandonment.
[Kathi Valeii - The Washington Post, 9 October 2019.]
Ethiopia: lessons on raising children under tough conditions

Parents
When assessing long-term effects of early life circumstances, it’s difficult to disentangle biological from social processes.
[Catherine Porter and Wei Fan - The Conversation, 6 October 2019.]
Marriage leads to a longer life

Marriage
Compared with those who are single, divorced, or widowed, married persons in the US have much lower mortality rates.
[Alexandre Tanzi - Bloomberg, 10 October 2019.]
Studies
 
Eurostat regional yearbook 2019

General
Detailed picture relating to a broad range of statistical topics across the regions of the European Union Member States.
[Eurostat, september 2019.]
Videos
 
Kids deserve it

Children
SickKids launchs this campaign to demonstrate the need to build a new hospital in Toronto and get support for it.
[SickKids Fundation]
 
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