Journal 2025
The Wellbeing Issue: Part II
We need to talk about care and what parents need for a good start.
The needs of parents and caregivers of young children often go unseen and unheard in public life and policy. They face growing pressure, are overworked, and their support systems are strained or disappearing. So what can we do to better support them?
With 33 compelling contributions, the journal illustrates how everyone can play a role in shaping a more caring society and rebuilding villages of support around parents. This issue offers bold, practical solutions that meaningfully support mothers, fathers and other caregivers, and the children they care for.
Guest Editor: Elissa Strauss
- Environment & Cities
Good housing can make parenting less lonely
Three lessons from listening to caregivers about their homes and neighbourhoods
- Health & Wellbeing
Parenting begins in pregnancy
A science explainer on why we need a two-generation approach to wellbeing
- Parenthood & Caregiving
“We’re all trying to think about how care works”
Interview with Alison Gopnik, Founder of The Social Science of Caregiving research project
- Parenthood & Caregiving
Becoming a parent with the legacy of civil war
Learning from a 22-year study on intergenerational impact in Sierra Leone
- Environment & Cities
Maintaining and celebrating rural indigenous practices in Brazilian cities
How the E’ñepa give and take care, and what they need to thrive
- Health & Wellbeing
Healing the past to protect the future
Semillas de Apego plant seeds of care for the caregiver
- Environment & Cities
Family hubs change how children and caregivers experience parks in Jordan
Parents and policymakers in Irbid now see real value in local public places
- Parenthood & Caregiving
“It would have been very strange not to write about such a revealing, transformative experience”
Interview with Alejandro Zambra, Author of Childish Literature
