parenting

Breadwinning and Caregiving Don’t Have to Be Incompatible

An increasing number of employers have embraced empowering policies and compassionate practices that create spaces for families to thrive.

February 3, 2022
Mother and son working at kitchen table

Peter Ho Davies on How Shame Makes Us Human

His new novel A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself is nominated for the Aspen Words Literary Prize.

December 8, 2021

The pandemic has devastated entire families. Two-generation approaches can uplift them

In a Hechinger Report op-ed co-authored by Friends of the Children’s Terri Sorrenson, Anne Mosle illuminates parents strengths and resiliency as they’ve navigated overlapping challenges including a global pandemic, social isolation, increased stress and barriers to distance learning:  The pandemic has devastated entire families. Two-generation approaches can uplift them.

April 20, 2021

Break Cycles of Poverty and Grow Family Prosperity by Making Permanent Investments in Families

In a Morning Consult op-ed, Anne Mosle discusses the historic opportunities the American Rescue Plan offers to cut child poverty in half and increase well-being for all children and families:  Break Cycles of Poverty and Grow Family Prosperity by Making Permanent Investments in Families

April 2, 2021

This is Your Brain on Parenting

In an op-ed for the Faribault Daily News in Minnesota, Anne Mosle explains learnings about parent and caregiver brain science to demonstrate the need to grow stronger supports for families:  This is your brain on parenting

February 18, 2021

Parenting and Technology in a Pandemic

Digital technology, its pervasiveness in our lives, its impact on how we think and remember, its central role in mediating our relationships, has been a growing concern for parents navigating raising children in a rapidly changing landscape. Physical distancing, brought on by the global COVID-19 pandemic, has accelerated the use of these technologies, with classes going virtual and social activities moved online. How will this collective leap to functioning virtually affect our children’s lives, ability to learn and to relate to others?

April 30, 2020

Madeleine and Alice Albright Trade Tips for Working Mothers

The Albrights joined The Bridge, a podcast that invites two women with deep knowledge and compassion to engage in conversation.

March 12, 2020
Peggy Clark and Madeleine Albright

Candidates, Listen To Families: Three Recommendations from a Parent

Policymakers need to engage with the families whose lives are affected by their decisions.

June 26, 2019
A family standing in a field at sunset.

The Pediatrician’s Most Awkward Task

Can doctors teach people how to parent?

June 24, 2019
A pediatrician with a baby and her mother.