Finland to offer new fathers as much paid leave as mothers
Finland’s woman-led center-left government plans to give new fathers the same amount of paid time off work as new mothers, nearly doubling paternity leave, it announced on Wednesday.
Parenting
This archive gathers 24 solutions-journalism stories on parenting — covering research-backed approaches, policy wins, and community programs that help families raise children with less stress and more support. From early childhood development to teen mental health, these stories report on what is actually working for parents around the world.
California lawmakers approve bill to give workers full pay for family leave
The legislation would give workers in the state 100% of their wages when on family leave.
U.S. FDA approves first ever treatment for postpartum depression
The newly-approved drug, sold under the brand name Zulresso, was shown to relieve depressive symptoms within hours of being administered in three different clinical trials — and it continued to show success throughout their 30-day followups.
Jacob Nufer performs the first recorded cesarean birth with both mother and baby surviving
Cesarean birth survival entered medical memory around 1500 C.E., when a Swiss pig gelder named Jacob Nufer reportedly opened his wife’s abdomen after days of failed labor — and both lived. The story, written down 82 years later by a surgeon with an agenda, may be embellished, but it gave European medicine something powerful: proof that survival was even imaginable.