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Women want???dads,??? not???duds???: A Nobel-winning historian has a theory for falling birthrates, but the economics aren???t so straightforward
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (710+ words) She adds: “The more that men can credibly signal they will be dependable ‘dads’ and not disappointing ‘duds,’ the more investment in women’s education and careers, and the higher will be the birthrate in the face of greater female agency....
America has a $172 billion child care problem. Investors are overlooking part of the solution
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (633+ words) Pablo Marcelo Barreiro is chairman and co-founder of Fortec, a Miami-based developer and investor focused on early childhood education facilities. America’s child care crisis costs the economy an estimated $172 billion each year in lost earnings, productivity and tax revenue. Nearly…...
Americans are as unhappy as ever. Could 'a happiness-segregated society by marriage' be why?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (559+ words) For nearly 50 years, one number barely moved. Every year or two, the General Social Survey asks Americans how happy they are, and for decades the balance between “very happy” and “not too happy” held steady, from 1972 through 2018. But as soon…...
Sam Altman says a 'cool use case' for ChatGPT is a daily AI podcast about your kids. The replies were brutal
2+ week, 6+ day ago (209+ words) OpenAI may have an AI agent that promises to produce “share-ready work,” but the company’s CEO went public with an arguably unshare-ready take on what to do with it. He didn’t exactly get ratioed…but several snarky replies got way…...
Millennials say they'll refuse to care for aging Boomer parents—but they'll be forced to as their inheritance shrinks to 40 cents on the dollar
3+ week, 3+ day ago (556+ words) Millennials say they'll refuse to care for Boomer parents— but they'll be forced to Fortune Millennials say they’ll refuse to care for aging Boomer parents—but they’ll be forced to as their inheritance shrinks to 40 cents on the dollar Online,…...
Kids don't 'Google it' anymore. AI chatbots taught them to 'search it up' instead
4+ week, 2+ day ago (249+ words) For most of the past two decades, “Google it” was the automatic answer to almost any question. Ask Gen Z or Gen Alpha the same question now, and the reply is more likely to be “search it up” — a phrase…...
Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin says birth rates hinge on dependable fathers
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (467+ words) It seems that every few weeks there’s a new round of headlines about birth rates. Why are they declining? Is it a crisis? And whose fault is it? But Goldin has identified the true root of the problem, below all…...
Europe to social media platforms: make yourself safe for kids under 13, somehow
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (502+ words) A top European Union official on Monday called for limits to be placed on children using social media as a special EU panel looking into the challenge recommended forbidding access for those under 13 until tech companies can prove their platforms…...
Vietnam is paying women to have more babies—but there's a catch: they have to be on baby no. 2 to qualify for the cash bonus
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (593+ words) Like Elon Musk and governments around the world, Vietnam wants more babies, and it’s offering women cash to set their careers aside to have multiple. The government is pledging VND 1.8 trillion ($68 million) a year in cash bonuses to help reverse…...
‘Project 2029’ floats free child care—or $1,000 to stay home
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (492+ words) The next US president should endorse publicly funded child care for all — or a $1,000 monthly credit for families with young children that don’t utilize it — according to a possible early blueprint for Democrats. The proposal is among the first ideas…...