...men on the home front. What you’ve seen is basically a doubling of the amount of time they spend with their children over the last few decades, a tripling of...

...it have a very strong element of improvisation, but the themes it was dealing with, that children’s games are dealing with, are very profound, certainly for children. I wound up...

...staged by Alexa and Google Home, several companies are developing voice companies for children. Mattel’s Aristotle was on display, an AI voice assistant designed to understand children. Far more promising,...

While children of past generations were an economic boon—contributing labor and household income—they now have the opposite effect. A new U.S. Department of Agriculture report finds that an average middle-class...

...Front to design a rocking horse for its children’s collection. Why this is interesting: Market research shows that parents are spending more on home furnishings for children. Design companies should...

Americans in committed relationships believe that pets are like de facto children. In Seattle, domesticated dogs even outnumber children, according to recent US census data. Consumers are lavishing their pets...

...that about one in 68 children (roughly 1 million children) have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Diagnoses in the US are on the rise, with a report from 2000...

Childhood is changing. If anyone needs reminding, this month’s global climate strikes led by a Swedish teen activist and attended by millions brings into sharp relief what children today are...

...motion. What’s been the effect so far on the relaxation of the one-child policy to two children, particularly for consumption patterns? It’s been two years and the uptick in births...

...the number of family members available to care for elders is declining. Adult children are struggling to deal with the complications—and costs—of caring for both their own parents and their...