Getting access to parenting leave is difficult for some families. In June, I met a brilliant group of mums in East London to talk about how they juggle with work and family and what this means for their wellbeing.

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📣New blog: Staying Well Through Parenting Leave Discusses research on access to parenting leave in the UK, and the wellbeing impacts of this. By Kathryn Hartley, Jessica Hobbs, Emily Humphreys, Clare Matysova social-policy.org.uk/news/blog-st...

BBC News - Give new dads six weeks off work at nearly full pay, MPs say www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Give new dads six weeks off work at nearly full pay, MPs say

A report says dads should be paid 80% of earnings and allowed six weeks off work when they have a child.

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Does the UK’s limited parental leave system only benefit the wealthy? Our new research suggests that only higher income fathers had better mental wellbeing after paternity leave @lshtm.bsky.social www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Why isn't the UK's paternity leave policy helping more parents? | LSHTM

Becoming a parent is a major life event. It brings new responsibilities, demanding time, money and emotional resources, all coinciding with loss of sleep and with biological changes. Depression is

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