Tag: children

U.S. fertility is already at record lows, and women in their 30s have had only 1.3 children on average – well short of their expectations for more than two children. But they still have time left on their biological clock. So, will they catch up? Several factors are working specifically against the college graduates in…

In 2015, the journal Pediatrics estimated some 3 million children were living with grandparents – and the number is certainly higher today. Grandparents find themselves in a caregiving role in the aftermath of parents’ myriad personal traumas, including opioid addiction, suicide, incarceration, and now COVID-19. In this excellent PBS NewsHour video, “Grandfamilies,” grandparents tell journalist…