How words matter when facing the problem of children in care

New research from the Institute of Population Health at the University of Liverpool calls for unflinching conversations about what poverty and financial stress can do to families, and the impact on children's risk of entering ...

When money is tight, 'purchase happiness' is low

Whether they're getting a new shirt, a new computer, or taking a trip, people derive less "purchase happiness" from buying things when they feel financial stress, research from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business shows.

Poverty wages keep child care teachers in 'grim financial bind'

California's child care providers and teachers are earning such low wages that many need government assistance to make ends meet, and conditions are so dire that "radical reform" is needed to support them and to stabilize ...

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